Fauna bravia, seu impacto negativo para a segurança alimentar. Estudo de caso: localidade de Nhacapiriri de 1992 à actualidade

Abstract

The main objective of this work is to address the issue of human-animal conflict, to assess the implications that elephants have on food security in the District of Cahora Bassa and particularly in the locality of Nhacapiriri. On the other hand, it is intended to assess the dimension of this conflict and demonstrate to what extent the onslaught of elephants on the machambas in Nhacapiriri negatively affects food security. The work is structured in three chapters. The first chapter begins with an introduction, which includes the justification of the theme, the problematization and the methodology used for the elaboration of the work. The discussion of the human-animal conflict requires the use of concepts for a better understanding of this approach. Several authors were consulted and even individuals residing in the locality under study gave their version of the problems that elephants cause and all are confronted in the bibliographic review that ends chapter I. Chapter II provides the socio-economic context of the district and shows the geographic location of Nhacapiriri and begins with a discussion of the main causes of the conflict. It is also shown in this chapter how the war contributed to exacerbate this conflict through the dispersion of the population in search of refuge during the war of destabilization. The lack of policies aimed at protecting populations against the animals that had taken over the villages at the end of the war is addressed in the issue of resettlement. Chapter III closes this work by presenting the impacts that this conflict has had on food security due to the destruction of crops and some differences between authorities and populations (TRADUÇÃO NOSSA)