Ifloma e gestão de terras em Messica: Manica 1980-1998

Abstract

This study, carried out at the Messica administrative post located 30 km east of the city of Manica, along the Beira corridor, fundamentally portrays the history of rural socialization in this country during the 1980s, and deliberately extends into the 1980s. 1990 to cover a historical and chronological milestone that allows the understanding of the process as a whole. The work, consisting of five chapters, has as its object of study the analysis of the impact of the activities of IFLOMA (Indústrias Morestais de Manica. E.E.) on local populations, particularly with regard to access to and use of land and forests. The research methodology consisted of conducting a bibliographical research, field work that was carried out through the use of the semi-structured interview method, observation and cartography. The first chapter contains the introduction, the research methodology and the literature review; the second presents the general characteristics of the place; the third focuses on the demographic history of the place, concluding that the current expansion of communal villages reflects the preponderance of colonial investment schemes and the reproduction of these schemes by the independent State, as well as the phenomena of population resettlement; chapter four focuses on aspects of land management, concluding that land conflicts are registered as a problem on the ground; chapter five emphasizes aspects related to the peasant economy, noting that the accelerated pace of exploitation of soil resources is not accompanied by regeneration measures, which causes soil impoverishment, land scarcity and consequent land conflicts; in the conclusions some considerations were presented about the rural development model applied in the place by the State, represented by IFLOMA followed by some recommendations. Finally, the main conclusion that it was possible to draw from this work is that the organization of local peasants into cooperatives and associations is one of the main impacts caused by the disintegration of IFLOMA, in the social area, and one of the alternatives found by peasants to minimize the negative impact caused. for the expansion of family farming on sustainable land management(TRADUÇÃO NOSSA)