Experiência de associativismo agrícola: o caso da Associação Agrícola 25 de Setembro, Infulene na Província de Maputo

Abstract

This paper aims to understand the experiences of agricultural associativism in Infulene Infulene, in Maputo province, looking at the process of members joining the association members' entry into the association, the motivations and the benefits they they encountered as members of the association. The results of the study showed that the interviewees have agriculture as the basis of their livelihood and They joined the association as a way of acquiring resources of an agricultural nature for the practice of agriculture. The creation of the association is linked to a historical process, since its creation has its reasons based on the development strategies adopted by the strategies adopted by the State in the context of the policy of socialization of the countryside. Before joining the association, besides farming, the members had other activities. activities. The activities ranged from electricians, domestic servants, salesmen mechanics and "odd jobs". The agriculture practised by them was focused on self The agriculture practised by them was focused on self-consumption and the sale was made whenever they had a bigger surplus. A production obtained in the association serves for subsistence and the rest of the production for sell. Thus, the association plays an important role in the lives of farmers. The data from this research allows us to contradict the idea that, when people join the association people join the association, where they start to practice an associative agriculture, turned to the market, they leave their old practices to join new ones. (TRADUÇAO NOSSA)