Avaliação do nível da contribuição da agricultura familiar para a segurança alimentar no posto administrativo de Moamba sede no período 2010-2013

Abstract

In Mozambique agriculture plays an important role in the fight against poverty, in the generation of rural employment and contributes to family and national food security. It represents in economic terms, 25% of the GDP and 80% of exports. In addition, at the country of the country about two-thirds of the labor force is in this sector, occupying about 90% of 90% of working women and 70% of working men, (USAID, 2008). It is in this context that the This paper aims to evaluate the contribution of family farming to food security in the Administrative Post to food security in the Moamba Administrative Post due to the fact that this is considered one of the granaries of the considered one of the granaries of Maputo province. The present research was carried out at the SERVIÇOS DISTRITAIS DAS ACTIVIDADES ECONOMICAS DE MOAMBA (SDAE) and in three localities of the Administrative Post, namely Maguaza, Dlhembe and Nguluve. In addition to literature review, the research adopted a quantitative approach materialized in a field field research, carried out through the application of semi-structured questionnaires in the form of interviews of interviews, involving a sample of about one hundred (100) families surveyed in the aforementioned locations; and it was qualitative when, by means of interviews, we deepened the information information gathered through the questionnaires. With the use of the Excel program, the qualitative qualitative analysis, where the results were described by means of tables and graphs. During the the field research it was found that most households depend essentially on income from income from production for their survival, the agriculture practiced in the administrative post of practiced in the administrative post headquarters of Moamba is the family sector, the levels of production levels of production recorded in the period under analysis, determined the availability of production of the 100 interviewees. It was also found the existence of several constraints. It should be noted that the (SDAE) has several projects and activities underway to make agriculture that point of the country more profitable, and that currently for the improvement of production and productivity has carried out technical assistance activities on matters of use of new production technologies, plant clinic. (TRADUÇÃO NOSSA)