Reconhecimento de alguns aspectos sócio-económicos da exploração e comercialização de caniço entre Maputo e Palmeiras

Abstract

The present degree work is a dissertation on reed (Phragmitesspp.), a non-timber forest product. The study was carried out in the cities of Maputo and Palmeiras, in the southern part of Mozambique. Its main objective is to analyze the set of measures and operations related to the exploration, commercialization and use of reeds. It specifically aims to describe and analyze the entire process that leads to the transformation of reeds into a product of socio-economic utility, that is, from exploration to final consumption. The logging of reeds is regulated by law, through Legislative Diploma nr 2642/65 of 20 September and its exercise is carried out by means of a license. The reed exploration sites visited are located in the districts of Marracuene and Manhiça, in the north of Maputo province. It was found that the reeds are mostly family farmers and that the reed exploration process comprises the pre-cut period, the cut period and the post-cut period, and that the first period observes the stages of preparation, recognition, identification and negotiation. After cutting, the reed is processed, following cleaning, mooring and drying operations, and then transported to the sides of National Road nr 1, where it is purchased by merchants at the price of 2,500.00Mt in Palmeiras and Manhiça and 3,000 .00 Mt in Marracuene. Transport from the exploration zones to the markets is done by freighting a vehicle against payment of 1,500.00Mt/bundle from Palmeiras and Manhiça and 1,000.00Mt/bundle from Marracuene. In Maputo, the price of reeds varies from market to market and from the resale level, ranging from 6,000.00Mt/bundle to 10,000.00Mt/bundle. The reed is used to make the walls and roofs of houses, fences, for the construction of fish traps, for the construction of poultry houses and nowadays, for the construction of kiosks. From the work it can be concluded that the collection and sale of reeds is an activity that provides many rural and suburban families with materials for construction and income outside of agricultural work.