Análise comparativa de quatro provedores de serviços de extensão rural nos distritos de Gurué e Namorrói na província da Zambézia

Abstract

In Mozambique, activities aimed at the economic growth of the rural area as well as the reduction of poverty in these areas are being carried out by different governmental and non-governmental institutions in the light of the government's plan. In the agricultural sector, given the financial restrictions and the extension of the country, public extension services are unable to benefit all producers and hence, the emergence of several NGOs to complement these activities in various parts of the country, such as Gurué and Namarrói in Zambezia. The present work carried out in Zambézia province in the districts of Gurué and Namorrói identified four extension providers namely: World Vision, ORAM, German Action and the Christian Council of Mozambique. The work describes the interventions of these rural extension providers in terms of the activities of different areas that make up their programs, the different extension approaches used by them and analyzes the converging and diverging points between them. The methods used to carry out the work were: bibliographic review, semi-structured interviews for different categories of respondents (farmers, extension workers and heads of organizations) and direct observation. In total, 94 people were interviewed, 76 farmers, 12 extension workers and 6 NGO leaders. The results show that VM, AAA and CCM are providers that present similarities in terms of objectives, target group and activities; however, there are certain differences in approaches and extension methods. Thus, ORAM is the only provider that presents in its program objectives and activities different from the others. The work recommends carrying out a survey of data on the weaknesses, strengths and opportunities in the extension activities in order to complete the lack of information on the functioning of the extension services in the Province.