ABSTRACT

This paper reviews the latest mechanisation programme by the Mozambican government, asking how it is politically driven and how it shapes and is shaped by agrarian structures. Old ideas about agrarian dualism are reproduced today, albeit with a new language of public-private partnerships that are seen as potentially driving the modernisation of the peasantry. State-sponsored and privately-run service centres, featuring zinc roofed warehouses, are the government’s preferred route to modernisation, yet failing to reach the average farmer and understanding the motives and predicaments of private managers. Emerging small to medium farmers, who keep tractors under shady mango trees in their backyards, are also offering mechanisation services to their peers, which are instrumental to stepping up their production and commercial activities. The state’s push for mechanisation feeds uneven patterns of accumulation and social differentiation.

摘要

本文回顾了莫桑比克政府最新的机械化计划，询问它是如何受到政治驱动的，以及它如何塑造和受农业结构的影响。关于农业二元论的旧观念今天被复制，尽管公私伙伴关系的新语言被视为可能推动农民现代化。以锌屋顶仓库为特色的国家资助和私营服务中心是政府实现现代化的首选途径，但未能触及普通农民并了解私人管理人员的动机和困境。将拖拉机放在自家后院阴凉的芒果树下的新兴中小型农民也向同行提供机械化服务，这有助于他们加强生产和商业活动。