Estratégias de segurança social de sector cooperativo agro-pecuário: o caso da Associação Cooperativa Kocolino de Munguíne em Manhiça

Abstract

The present work has as its ultimate objective, to analyze the social security strategies carried out by the social actors of the agricultural and livestock cooperative sector to protect themselves from the day-to-day incidents, given the lack of coverage of the formal social security systems of the Mozambicans. This work focuses on the Kocolino de Munguine agro-livestock association in Manhiça in the province of Maputo, which constitutes our case study, hence the results presented here relate specifically to the reality of the social security strategies used by members, activists and members to protect themselves from the possible eventualities of their daily lives. The methodologies adopted for this research, were summarized in readings of available bibliographies on the subject and open and semi-structured interviews directed especially to the members of the Kocolino Agro-livestock Association, however, contributed to further study, the inhabitants of the region of Munguine in Manhiça. The biographical study and the field work carried out allowed us to understand that social capital and community solidarity, constitute a fundamental element in social security strategies, which in a certain way guarantees the existence of strong support and community solidarity networks. , constitute a fundamental element in social security strategies, which in a certain way guarantees the existence of strong support and solidarity networks supported by relationships of trust, mutual help, neighborhood, social norms and values ​​and are manifested by the community contributions in crisis situations. Community contributions guarantee social security in the following ways: Protection against similar risks, material support and moral support. Other practices linked to social solidarity networks and based on social capital are: “Xitique”, “Xitoco, Ntsima”, “Kurhimelana”. In general, formal social security systems are non-existent for residents of the Munguine community and for members of the Kocolino cooperative association for several reasons, some of which are: information scarcity, monetary contributions between two or more members of a group based on relationships of friendship, trust and solidarity among the members, obeying a logic of rotation. Forms of aid in which one or more individuals take a parcel of land for their cultivation in exchange for monetary values ​​or consumer goods. The hiring process depends on the degree of knowledge and trust between the stakeholders. A system of aid among peasants in which they rotate the land of each member of the group on a rotating basis. This practice does not imply monetary exchange. This respect means that there are no permanent wages for members and workers, as well as the lack of registration, the practice of seasonal work and the wage insufficiency itself to cover such needs. (TRADUÇÃO NOSSA)