Integração regional e importação de hortícolas nos distritos de Boane e Moamba

Abstract

To allow greater trade between member countries, SADC decided to implement the Free Trade Area (FTA) as of January 1, 2008. With free movement, various social segments in Mozambique, mainly vegetable producers, fear that the it will make them more fragile, so they cannot conquer the market. In order to understand the impacts of the FTA on horticultural production in the districts of Moamba and Boane, a semi-structural interview was conducted with 58 vegetable producers, 47 small and 11 medium, and 15 vegetable importers. Consultations were also carried out on horticultural import statistics at the Mozambican Tax Authority (ATM), on horticultural production statistics in the districts of Moamba and Boane, from April to June this year. For the analysis of the results, the statistical package SPSS and the Chi-square test were used at a significance level of 5%. The results show that the tomato is the most produced vegetable with a total of 84% of producers, followed by onion and cabbage produced by 71% of producers. Carrots are the least produced, with only 7%, followed by lettuce and cabbage with 19% and 21% of producers, respectively. The medium producer is more likely to use machinery and certified seed and to have knowledge of the FTA than the Small Producer while the use of pesticides and the location of the producer whether in Moamba or Boane is independent of the fact that he is a small or medium producer . From 2006 to 2008 there was a reduction in the import of vegetables from 54 to 33 thousand tons and an increase in production from 15.97 to 31.48 thousand tons in the district of Moamba and, from 13.44 to 16.66 thousand tons in the district of Boane. From 2008 to 2010, the import volume increased from 33 to 40.5 thousand tons and, there was also an increase in vegetable production from 31.48 to 59.07 thousand tons in the district of Moamba and, from 16.66 to 19.91 thousand tons in the district of Boane . This means that the introduction of the FTA did not have a negative impact on horticultural production in the districts of Moamba and Boane (TRADUÇÃO NOSSA)