The question of food security in the localities of Ribeirão and Garça de Cima, in the municipality of Ribeira Grande, Santo Antão - Cape Verde
2016; ALIES - Associação Lusófona para o Desenvolvimento da Investigação e do Ensino das Ciências da Saúde; Volume: 13; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês
10.19277/bbr.13.2.137
ISSN2182-2379
Autores Tópico(s)Rural Development and Agriculture
ResumoCape Verde, an island country with few natural resources and with adverse soil and weather conditions, imports most of the foodstuffs that need.Local production, although scarce, is relevant to food security.This article reflects a case study in the municipality of Ribeira Grande, island of Santo Antão -Cape Verde, whose aim was to study the role of three production systems in the generation of income, food security and improving the quality of life of families.These systems are: vegetable production, rainfed production and sugar cane production.A total of 105 surveys were carried out in the localities of Ribeirão and Garça de Cima, equally distributed among different agricultural producers.It was found that the sugar cane producers have an average annual income superior to horticulture and rainfed farmers, 402,154, 337,602 and 259,764 CVE respectively (1 euro = 110.265Cape Verdean escudos -CVE).With respect to food intake, the differences are not significant.Horticulture farmers have a calorie intake of 2959.71,rainfed producers 2926.65 and sugar cane producers 2888.86 kcal/EM/day.With regard to indicators of quality of life, the families of horticulture farmers and sugar cane producers present similar results, superior to the rainfed producers' families.
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