Papel do mercado da Malanga na comercializaçào agrícola

Abstract

The present work fits into the works of a degree thesis foreseen at the Eduardo Mondlane University, in this case for the Agronomy course with orientation in Rural Extension. The objective of the work is to study the role of the Malanga Market in agricultural commercialization, as unlike other markets in Maputo city, it has a lot of flooding and is a reason for complaints by residents of the neighborhood, due to the blocking of access to the houses, feces on the balconies and another type of public disorder. However, the other markets in the city have empty spaces, but there are sellers of agricultural products in the streets. The study is of great importance because the problems mentioned above have been repeatedly evident in each market where the Municipality concentrates wholesale sales, as happened in the past with the Central and Fajardo Markets, but the reasons are not known. Even so, to mitigate these health problems in Malanga, the Municipality intends to transfer wholesalers to Zimpeto. This work studies the role of the Malanga Market, which is currently held by wholesalers, in order to identify alternatives to mitigate and avoid yet another spatial transfer of the aforementioned problems. The methodology used for the collection of primary data consisted of an interview with a stratified sample of the various direct stakeholders in marketing, as well as other stakeholders such as the Municipal Directorate of Markets and Fairs, the sellers' commission, municipal police and the market inspector himself . Data were organized using the SPSS program and analyzed using pattern matching methods. Due to the need to consider social factors in decision making, the dialectical method was used to give recommendations.