Contributo dos serviços de extensão agrária no incremento da renda dos pequenos agricultores no distrito de Chókwè de 2008 a 2013: caso dos Serviços Distritais de Actividades Económicas - SDA

Abstract

The present work aims to analyse the contribution of the Agrarian Extension Services in Increase in Small Farmers' Income in the District of Chókwè in the period 2008 to 2013, using as a case study the services provided by the District Services for Economic Activities District Services (SDAE). The data collection techniques used were bibliographic bibliographic and documentary research and semi-structured interviews with seven (07) representatives of the associations and two (02) extension agents. With the work it was found that farmers produce low resource of technologies and the productive management is inadequate; the activities (market promotion, organization of producers, dissemination of technologies, on-farm trials of complete packages of varieties as well as field demonstration of technologies carried out) by extensionists have a key role in increasing productivity; agricultural productivity increased by 66.12% from 1.65 Ton/ ha to 2.74 Ton/ ha with the improvement of the production production due to the improvement of the technical assistance, however this level is still low, should grow up to 6 Ton/ha; and finally, it was verified that the agrarian extension services extension services allowed an increase in the small farmers' income, since before the assistance, the small farmers' income increased, since before the technical assistance they were earning 11.550,00Mt per hectare and due to the increase in productivity, translated by the improvement in the improved production methods, income increased by 66% to 19,154.00 Mt 19,154.00Mt per hectare in the period 2008 to 2012 and in 2013 they recorded a loss of 10,853.71Mt per hectare due to loss of production. (TRADUÇAO NOSSA)