Associativismo agrícola no Chokwe: caso da associação de regantes do distribuidor onze - AREDONZE em Massavasse

Abstract

Agricultural associativism is approached as a strategy for peasants to develop their living and production conditions within a framework of stimulating rural development. Peasants as an integral part of every society present different forms of organization for the multiple spheres of their life, including associations. This is the basis on which the general objective of this study resides. This consists of understanding and explaining the dynamics of agricultural associations and their influence on the life of local peasants, taking into account the promotion of rural development. The pertinence of knowledge about agricultural associations, in its various aspects, presents itself as an important contribution to the understanding, among other aspects, of the dynamics of social life in the rural context. And this is one of the fields of analysis of interest to Anthropology. The verification of the existence of agricultural associations and / or the increase in their quantity (and possibly their valorisation) serves as a subsidy for a reflection on the issue of rural development, so that we ask the following starting question: up to what point the Does the organization of agricultural work in associative ways serve as a means of changing the life of peasants? For our research we proceed with two hypotheses: - A first one that considers that agricultural associations are social groups created by the peasants who join them, of their own free will. They are deliberately created to pursue the resolution of problems of socio-agrarian interest common to all who join - The second assumes that agricultural associations only have a nominal existence, they do not create any impact on strengthening the capacities of peasants that may allow the improvement of their socio-economic conditions. Associations do not serve as a mediation tool between the local community and its external environment. After analyzing agricultural associations as a strategy for peasants to develop their socio-economic conditions, in a context of stimulating rural development, from the post-independence period of Mozambique (1975) to 2004, we conclude that AKEDONZE is a creation of HICEP. It appears as something that the State needs to address the needs for partnerships in the management of the irrigation system, it was created deliberately to pursue the resolution of problems of socio-agrarian interest common to agricultural professionals.