Alocação dos recursos produtivos no sector familiar estudo de caso nos distritos de Dondo, Nhamatanda, Gondola e Manica

Abstract

Lack of social and economic infrastructure, combined with poverty in rural areas, limits households' access to improved equipment and inputs, such as improved seeds, fertilizers and pesticides. This situation translates into low productivity and production in family farming. The development of Mozambican agriculture is fundamentally about developing the family sector, given its great contribution, around 60% of the gross domestic product. That is where the present research arises, with the aim of knowing the available resources and opportunities that can be explored to improve life at the level of the family sector. For this, the allocation of resources owned by families will be described and analyzed. The present work uses data referring to the agricultural campaign of 1998/1999 collected in the districts of Dondo, Nhamatanda, Gondola and Manica, in the scope of the community management project of miombo, component of analysis of the impact of sectoral and extra-sectoral policies. For this purpose, a survey containing qualitative and quantitative questions was elaborated. In some cases, the survey was carried out in the peasant's house, in his machamba or in a prearranged location. Respondents from each area were randomly selected to answer a questionnaire that took into account socio-demographic aspects, economic activities, productive resources, family production, food situation and marketing. The study was conducted in the three districts to learn about the resources and opportunities that can be explored in each district. For the description and analysis of data, descriptive statistics were used: the mean and standard deviation. The main results are: families have few income alternatives outside agriculture and the exploitation of forest resources, agricultural practice is dependent on the workforce without the use of improved inputs, families in general are poor in assets, it is verified the division of tasks and integration of children in economic activities caused by labor shortages