Processamento informal da castanha de cajú e sua comercialização na cidade de Maputo: um estudo nos bairros de Benfica, Bagamoyo e no Mercado central de Maputo

Abstract

Currently, the industrial activity is experiencing its re-launch, with small-scale factories that occasionally hire workers to process almonds, which are mostly sold on the domestic market and which some face many management problems (Vijfhuizen et al, 2003). Given this scenario, informal processing carried out in backyards arises, as with the difficulties of industrial processing, many of the former factory workers as an alternative for livelihood and opportunity created with the closure of large factories started to carry out processing in backyards and to sell in the Central market, on the main avenues of Maputo City and along the National road number 1. The present study was carried out in 2003 at a time when programs were already underway to relaunch the production, marketing and processing of the cashew crop, and the period under review extends from national independence to 1995 when the Mozambican government liberalized the sector. The results of the study show the relevance of informal processing carried out in Maputo City and the marketing of almonds in Maputo City. This study is intended to recommend policy makers for the cashew sector and credit institutions to pay special attention to informal processing in order to make it formal, profitable and employer.