Mecanismos de acesso e posse de terra em moçambique : práticas e percepções sociais o caso do Bairro Intaka

Abstract

This study addresses the land issue taking into account aspects that have to do with management, access and ownership. And it has the Intaka Neighborhood as a study site because it is one of the periurban neighborhoods where there is a strong demand for land. for diverse use. In general terms, the study focused on the analysis of perceptions that different social sectors have on the land. Specifically, it focused on the identification of practices and strategies mobilized by different stakeholders for access to and possession of land. Thus, a study was carried out in the neighborhood of Intaka, where the qualitative method was privileged, whose techniques were literature review, non-participant observation accompanied by semi-structured interviews. And in light of this, we observe and we note that there is a coexistence of conventional and customary norms and they have a fundamental role in the management, access and possession of land. And we can also see that, given the greater demand for land, the Intaka neighborhood has it was a stage for practices and strategies mobilized by different actors for the access and possession of land, where the owners of the land, secretaries of the neighborhoods, including heads of blocks and leaders, appear as the main actors in the process. traders, intermediaries and agents of municipal services. However, the perception about the land we harvest is that it is a tradable asset, which has status and prestige. Furthermore, it is imbued with a religious, economic and socio-cultural dimension. However, the perceptions that individuals have land, result from the interactions between the social actors associated with the experiences lived in the scope of access and possession of the same. (TRADUÇÃO NOSSA)