Análise dos padrões de consumo alimentar - estudo de caso, changalane

Abstract

The wide range of use/use of information resulting from studies on food consumption patterns suggests the importance of information of this nature for future food policies and strategies. Thus raising some aspects that deserve immediate attention, since consumption patterns can vary from one year to another, from place to place and from one time to another. This study analyzes food consumption patterns in the rural area of ​​Maputo province, specifically in the administrative post of Changalane in the district of Namaacha. Data from the survey of households on consumption, resource allocation and expenditure, carried out by the agrarian economics section of the eduardo mondlane university, under the aeep project “agricultural economics and engineering program” in the agricultural campaign 1999/2000, were used in the study. To meet the objectives of the study, which consisted of: characterizing food consumption patterns and analyzing the factors that influence food consumption patterns. Descriptive analysis of the variables involved was performed and the estimation of the analysis model was based on the engel curves using the log-log function estimated through the method of ordinary least squares (mqo) in the statistical package spss pc*. Total weekly expenses in meticals were used as a measure of net household income. Households were divided into three levels of expenditure (expenses tereis), for a disaggregated analysis, as this allows for the identification of expenditure on each food item in the poorest and least poorest families. The results of the study showed that households allocate most of their budget to food. Largest portion of food expenditure is allocated to maize followed by rice regardless of expenditure class, but households in the lowest tertile . allocate a greater portion of their food budget to maize in relation to those in the highest tertile, and the latter (highest tertile) allocate a greater portion to rice in relation to the former. The difference in food consumption patterns is influenced by the total expenditure per equivalent adult, the level of school education (epl+can read and write and more than ep1) of the household head has been shown to exert influence on the expenditure patterns of maize and rice in the study area, favoring increased expenditure for rice and reduced expenditure for maize