Análise da rentabilidade económica de produção de Milho no distrito de Manica, caso de estudo da Farma Organizações Oliveira, no período de 2010- 2014

Abstract

The main objective of the present work is to analyse the economic profitability of production of Maize in the district of Manica, case of Farma Oliveira Organizations, in the period 2010-2014. The process of data collection was based on the semi-structured interview, where the was directed to the representative of the Farma. The variables analysed were Operating Profit, Benefit-Cost Ratio, Gross Margin and Profitability Index. The results show that the corn production process occurs in six phases: soil preparation, sowing, fertilization, weeding and fertilisation, weeding and ridging, pest control and harvest and the varieties of maize produced are Matuba, ZM 309 and ZM523. The results indicated that the average annual production and productivity were 62,000 kg and 1,240 kg/ha respectively and the costs had always had an increasing trend regardless of the reduction or increase in production, the annual average cost of corn production was 364,551.00MT. The average annual revenue was 480,500.00MT where with an average cost of 364,551.00MT an average profit of 115.949,00 MT. The benefit-cost ratio was 1.32 indicating that each metical invested in production generates 1.32 MT. The gross margin was 122.399,00MT indicating that Farma has capacity to cover the production risks and the profitability index was 24.13% indicating that pharma pharma performs a profitable activity. Based on these results, it was concluded that the maize production in the production in Manica district is economically profitable for pharma Oliveira Organizations. (TRADUÇAO NOSSA)