Women and the myth of subsistence agriculture. From exporting food to food dependency in Southern Mozambique

Farré, Albert

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“…Secondly, it is important to suggest again the significance of the subsistence farmer, term related to obtaining their food and their family's (SAGARPA-FAO, 2012;Farré, 2015), since now the maize produced is sold to intermediaries to solve different needs in the short term and with the money obtained, purchasing maize grains or tortilla for their food during the rest of the year. The aim is the same; however, to reach it, other economic actors intervene that place them at risk.…”

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Differentiation and Complexity in Agroecosystems of the Mexican Sub-Humid Tropics

Casanova-Pérez¹,

Martínez-Dávila

Rosales-Martínez

et al. 2020

Trop Subtrop Agroecosyst

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Background. In Mexico, the transition from a welfare state to a minimal state in the eighties generated a change in public policies that affected the poorest farmers in the country. Objective. This study analyzes the transformation of agroecosystem management practices in an area of the Mexican sub-humid tropics as a result of government abandonment of this productive sector. Methodology. This research is qualitative and requires techniques such as in-depth interviews and fieldwork. Thirty-seven (37) interviews were conducted with farmers over 60 years old. Participants were identified based on an intentional sample using the "snowball" technique. These findings are theoretically interpreted through Luhmann's complexity paradox. Results. The change in public policies, as well as the reduction in public spending assigned to the agricultural sector, led to changes in the management practices of agroecosystems, especially among producers with fewer resources that led to a process of differentiation between them and, at the same time, the existence of multiple interdependencies between them, as a way of dealing with the complexity derived from the conditions imposed by the predominance of a market economy, the abandonment of the government and, in recent years, the uncertainty in the behavior of the main agroclimatic variables. Implications. This work is qualitative and carried out in a local context but provides highlights on changes in areas relatively similar to the study area. Conclusion. The process of differentiation and interdependence among agroecosystems is based on the use of various technical-productive strategies, in addition to the use of collective work and social trust as social resources that help producers with fewer resources to deal with a complex problem.

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Differentiation and Complexity in Agroecosystems of the Mexican Sub-Humid Tropics

Casanova-Pérez¹,

Martínez-Dávila

Rosales-Martínez

et al. 2020

Trop Subtrop Agroecosyst

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Perspectives on the coordination of multisectoral nutrition in Mozambique and an emerging framework

Michaud-Létourneau

Pelletier

2017

Food Policy

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Ruinas y legitimidad en Massinga. Formas de pensar el pasado entre ancianos empobrecidos del sur de Mozambique

Farré

1970

Rev. Antrop. Soc.

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Resumen. A partir del trabajo de campo etnográfico en el distrito de Massinga, en este artículo analizo la legitimidad de las autoridades tradicionales como un proceso de negociación que no puede desvincularse de la historia regional del África austral. Las transformaciones sociales producidas por el Estado colonial y la industria minera afectaron a las sociedades africanas. Los migrantes a las minas, excluidos de la modernidad en la que participaban, estaban a la vez dentro y fuera de dos procesos de reproducción social. Así, de entre los jóvenes proletarios de cada generación saldrían los futuros ancianos tradicionales. Esta posición ambigua se reflejaba en la construcción de casas cada vez más modernas, lo que, a su vez, contribuía a que cada nueva generación renovase la legitimidad de las instituciones tradicionales. Cuando los hombres perdieron la centralidad social que las minas les otorgaban, también perdieron la capacidad de renovar la legitimidad tradicional de sus instituciones. Palabras clave: autoridad tradicional; Estado; migración labora; rito de paso; ruptura generacional.

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Women and the myth of subsistence agriculture. From exporting food to food dependency in Southern Mozambique

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Differentiation and Complexity in Agroecosystems of the Mexican Sub-Humid Tropics

Differentiation and Complexity in Agroecosystems of the Mexican Sub-Humid Tropics

Perspectives on the coordination of multisectoral nutrition in Mozambique and an emerging framework

Ruinas y legitimidad en Massinga. Formas de pensar el pasado entre ancianos empobrecidos del sur de Mozambique

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