Localização dos mercados do algodão nos distritos de Morrumhala província da Zambézia e Mutarara - provincia de Tete

Abstract

The present work intends to propose locations of cotton markets in some areas of influence of the company AGRIMO namely, Muandiua, Muerrungo and Boroma in the district of Morrumbala (province of Zambézia) and Inhangoma in the district of Mutarara (province of Tete). The appropriate locations of cotton markets in these areas of influence will contribute to a better access for the company to sell cotton as well as for producers to sell their cotton. It is also intended to obtain an adequate distribution of markets in order to reduce the excessive number of these and reduce the distances traveled by the heads of groups to reach the cotton market. This may allow the promotion of increased production by peasants and increased company income. In this study, a proposal was made for the location of markets for the 2002/03 campaign, using the Geographic Information System (GIS), as a function of the distance from the markets to the houses of the group leaders. For this, two scenarios for the location of cotton markets were analyzed where scenario 1 kept the same location of the markets and concentration points of the 2001/02 campaign and Scenario 2 that located all markets and concentration points at most 2 km from distance from the group leaders for the 2002/03 campaign. The study was carried out based on data collected by measuring, using GPS (Garmin model) the geographic coordinates of all the houses of the group leaders (for the 2002/03 campaign) and all the markets related to the 2001/2002 campaign in the different areas. of the four areas of influence covered: Muandiua, Muerrungo, Boroma and Inhangoma. Data was also collected from AGRIMO's records regarding the total number of producers and group heads, total area and production for the 2001/02 campaign. From the geographic coordinates, the distances were determined using Arc View 3.2 and the location of the markets was defined based on the criterion of a maximum distance of 2 km, close to the access road and preferably in the house of the group leader. From the results obtained, it can be concluded that with scenario 2, there was no reduction in the total number of markets in the areas of influence under study, with the exception of the Inhangoma area of ​​influence when compared to scenario 1. In the Boroma area of ​​influence, the previous number of markets remained, i.e. 17, in Muerrungo it increased from 12 to 13, Muandiua increased from 25 to 29 and Inhangoma the number of markets reduced from 28 to 22. In general, the distances covered by the group leaders in the mentioned areas of influence vary from 0 to 2 km to the nearest market, with the exception of a group leader, from the Muandiua area of ​​influence in the Alfazema area, because in this area, the conditions access roads do not allow for a market to exist. The percentage of group leaders who cover distances in the range of 0 to 0.5km, 0.5 to lkm and 1 to 2km increased on average by 1%, 4% and 18% respectively and reduced the percentage of group leaders who covered distances greater than 2 km by 23%. There were no significant differences in terms of average distances traveled by the factory to the proposed markets between scenarios 1 and 2 in all areas of influence. The average distances of the group leaders to the markets between scenario 1 and 2 significantly reduced in the areas of influence of Muerrungo and Muandiua and in the areas of Boroma and Inhangoma, there were no significant differences.