Análise do género na comercialização agrícola: um estudo de caso na localidade de Nipive, distrito do Gurué

Abstract

The present study makes a gender approach in the agricultural marketing activity in the locality of Nipe, Gurué district. For the study, data were collected on the activities practiced by women and men, ways of marketing agricultural products, expansion of commercial activity and the constraints faced by women in agricultural marketing. for data collection, a literature review, semi-structured and structured interviews and simple observation were used. The results of the study show that there are differences between men and women in the commercialization of agricultural products. Men sell products of greater monetary value (corn and beans). The women sell the products of lower monetary value (cassava, bananas, alcoholic beverages and corn and sorghum flour). There are still differences as to the place of sale (women sell locally and men sell locally and outside the locality). The same results show that women prefer to sell products in piles (on roads and houses) while men prefer to sell on scales, because women say they do not know how to read the values ​​marked on the scales. The situation puts women at a disadvantage. In order to reduce the differences between men and women, governmental and non-governmental institutions working in the rural development area are recommended to incorporate more women into extensionist teams to better address the facts related to women themselves (habits and customs ). It is also recommended the introduction of education and formation of peasant associations, where the number of women is greater than that of men, in order to overcome the inferiority that the woman of Nipive suffers. The NGOs working in Nipive must create a financial capacity for the women, in order to reactivate the production of cash crops and their commercialization. It is also recommended the rehabilitation of the roads that give access to Nipive and the inspection of the commercial network.