Abstract
This article aims to analyze the intervention in the area of public agrarian extension in Mozambique, taking into consideration the trajectory of this policy in this country. The methodology used is the literature review and consultation of documents that guide the agrarian extension in the country. Documentary analysis of plans and programs that address the theme was performed, as well as the consultation of articles available on Google scholar published between 2000 and 2019, which brought discussions about agrarian extension. The results suggest that the intervention of extension technicians is still low. This reality may be associated with the fragility of agricultural extension sector policies and agricultural policies that support the area. The verified data demonstrate that the number of extensionists tends to increase, but the rate of farmers who benefit from these services tends to reduce. Low coverage of extension services and poor consideration of farmers’ social economic conditions at ultimately contribute to low rates of agricultural productivity. Therefore, agrarian extension services should be taken as a fundamental support instrument for farmers, contributing to the increase of agricultural production and productivity and to the improvement of economic social and commercial conditions in Mozambican agriculture. Therefore, it is considered relevant for Mozambique to develop land extension policies and implement them to enable greater capillarity with farmers.
Highlights
Extension action is inherent to the human presence, involving the exchange of knowledge and techniques between farmers and extensionists
Agrarian extension services should be taken as a fundamental support instrument for farmers, contributing to the increase of agricultural production and productivity and to the improvement of economic social and commercial conditions in Mozambican agriculture
The extension action aims, among several actions, to present to the farmer the technology and its effects on agricultural production and productivity, Fang and Richards (2018) report that small numbers of farmers adopt appropriate techniques by other farmers, but most become observers even if implemented by neighboring farmers. This reality of the difficulty of transmitting knowledge and the arrival of technology associated with new ways of producing contemporary agriculture is a fact in Mozambican agriculture
Summary
Extension action is inherent to the human presence, involving the exchange of knowledge and techniques between farmers and extensionists. The extension action aims, among several actions, to present to the farmer the technology and its effects on agricultural production and productivity, Fang and Richards (2018) report that small numbers of farmers adopt appropriate techniques by other farmers, but most become observers even if implemented by neighboring farmers This reality of the difficulty of transmitting knowledge and the arrival of technology associated with new ways of producing contemporary agriculture is a fact in Mozambican agriculture. The Mozambican extension has gone through three decades facing monstrous difficulties In this sense, the objective of this work is to bring elements that contribute to analysis of the intervention process of the Mozambican Public agrarian extension sector, identifying their action, challenges and perspectives.
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