‘Green revolution’ for whom? Women's access to and use of land in the Mozambique Chókwè irrigation scheme

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Notes

This briefing is based on fieldwork carried out between October 2007 and February 2008 as part of my doctoral research on women's access to and use of land in Chókwè.

Farmers (or water users) are divided into three sectors, the main difference being the size of irrigated plot they hold: 0.25–3.9 ha. for the family sector; 4–500 ha. for private sector; over 500 ha. for entrepreneurial sector. It is important to stress here that in this context ‘private’ does not mean individual ownership, but refers to farmers owning means of production (see Roesch 1988).

According to the 2007 national census, the sex ratio in the Chókwè district is 0.77 male to 1 female, compared to a national ratio of 0.91:1.

See: ‘No regadio do Chokwe’: Custos ameaçam produção de arroz’ (2009); and ‘Mozambique: country to eliminate rice supply deficit by 2011’ (2009).