APPROACHES BETWEEN FAMILY AGRICULTURE AND TOURISM IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF INHAMBANE IN MOZAMBIQUE

Abstract

Tourism is a socio-economic activity that also needs agriculture for the development of its activities. Thus, it is assumed that communities and especially small farmers benefit directly from tourism and improve the quality of your life. This study was conducted in order to analyze the type of agricultural products produced by households and those acquired/demanded by managers of tourist establishments, seeking to understand the relations between the two economic sectors. In spatial terms, the study was conducted on the beaches of Tofo and Barra and in the urban area of ​​ municipality of Inhambane.  For data collection, a total of 185 households and 45 tourist establishments were selected using a random sampling, which were submitted to a questionnaire that was analyzed using descriptive statistics. The results of this research show that tourist establishments acquire among farmers, fruit and vegetables, such as orange, papaya, banana and lettuce, collard green, cabbage and tomatoes. However, besides producing vegetables, farmers practice rain-fed agriculture, providing products that can be purchased by tourist establishments. The results show that the purchases made by tourist establishments influence the local agricultural production and contribute to link tourism and agriculture in municipality Inhambane. It was also that there are basic conditions for increasing agricultural production to the needs of tourism establishment’s managers, which could improve income, food sovereignty, nutrition and quality of life in general of all the inhabitants of this municipality.