Estratégias de segurança alimentar e nutricionais, sua relação com o parentesco: o caso do Distrito de Massangena -1975 - 1999

Abstract

The present study was carried out in rural communities in the district of Massangena in the province of Gaza. The district occupies an arid strip in the north of the province that is characterized by less favorable conditions for agriculture. The soils are not of good quality, they are not very fertile, the rainfall is low and irregular, with a variation between 400 to 600 mm of rain per year. The present work is the result of bibliographic research and fieldwork carried out in this district. The fieldwork was based on surveys / interviews. The target group selected was the poor families (about 30 families interviewed) as they are vulnerable, with few alternatives for survival, their food depends on their own production for a period of 3 to 4 months, after which they are dependent on donations or work for food. Another alternative is the use of wild fruits, roots, tubers, leaves and others dedicated to the manufacture of beverages, sale of artisanal products, charcoal, firewood and game meat. Some families receive remittances from family members working in South Africa and Zimbabwe. The main objective was to seek to evaluate the kinship solidarities in the availability, access and use of food in the region and family livelihood strategies that rural communities adopt during periods of droughts, floods, wars, pests and other periods in which there are problems of food insufficiency. The analysis of poverty in rural areas, the food security systems adopted in Mozambique, as well as the role that women play in food security, were fundamental to the present study. (TRADUÇÃO NOSSA)