Gathering Harvest

Organizing farmers is a prerequisite to transforming the agriculture in the Study Area from subsistence to market-oriented.  It would allow farmers to strategically select crops and produce them on a scale large enough to market outside their communities, districts or even beyond.  By expanding markets, the prices of their products would reflect market conditions rather than be manipulated by brokers.  Organized farmers may also procure various inputs at lower prices through collective negotiation.

Kiosk

Industrial infrastructure in Angonia is still very rudimentary.  The majority of consumer goods and other necessary commodities come from Malawi.  There is no supermarket or large-scale retail shop.  Thus, the residents mostly shop at local open-air markets and roadside kiosks (as shown in the right photo).  The currency mainly used in the boarder trading is the Malawian kwacha.  Naturally, people in rural areas freely cross the border to shop and trade in Malawi.

Butcher

In the Study Area, beef and other meats (e.g., goat and pork) are sold at small butcheries in local open markets, and only a little volume of packaged meat is sold at a handful of super- markets in Tete city.  To meet the anticipated population growth as the area develops, the current system of meat production and distri- bution must be expanded.  In so doing, environ- mental impact and community sanitation should be taken into consideration.  Thus, it is desir- able to create a designated zone for slaughter- houses and cold storages thereby consolidating the meat industry in the Study Area.