{"id":22524,"date":"2022-07-07T15:48:42","date_gmt":"2022-07-07T15:48:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/all-news\/inflation-drives-mozambiques-banana-sellers-onto-two-wheels"},"modified":"2022-07-07T16:02:35","modified_gmt":"2022-07-07T16:02:35","slug":"inflation-drives-mozambiques-banana-sellers-onto-two-wheels","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/all-news\/inflation-drives-mozambiques-banana-sellers-onto-two-wheels","title":{"rendered":"Inflation drives Mozambique\u2019s banana sellers onto two wheels"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Mozambique. <\/strong><\/span>Adelino Vasco had to trade public transport for a bicycle in order to stay in the business of selling green bananas in central Mozambique. Inflation has forced the 43-year-old Mozambican to pedal a round trip of around 90 kilometre every day with four bunches of bananas on his bicycle in order to stay in the black because, he says, rising transport fares were swallowing up all his income.<\/p>\n

\u201cFuel went up and so did transport fares, so I started to see the advantage of transporting the by bicycle,\u201d if he was to continue supporting his family, Adelino Vasco told Lusa, as he struggled to balance the loaded bicycle.<\/p>\n

\u201cBefore, I used the \u2018My Loves\u2019,\u201d he says, referring to the open-top vans used to transport goods and people, where users have to hug each other to stay aboard (hence the term \u2018my love\u2019).<\/p>\n

Rising fuel prices have forced up the price of transporting a bunch of bananas from Chicanga, in the interior of Macate, to Chimoio, the capital of Manica, from 20 to 40 meticais (\u20ac0.30 to 0.60) since March.<\/p>\n

It doesn\u2019t seem much, but it\u2019s enough to unbalance the budget at Adelino\u2019s household. In several Mozambican cities, the transport tariff has been readjusted, in some cases even more than once, since the beginning of the year.<\/p>\n

Adelino used to buy the bananas at an average price of 80 meticais (\u20ac1.22) per bunch and can sell three bunches for 450 meticais (\u20ac6.84). After expenses, Adelino makes 150 meticais.<\/p>\n

A good fraction of that profit was absorbed by the increase in transport, with Adelino now earning only 90 meticais (\u20ac1.37 euros) for the same batch of three bunches of bananas.<\/p>\n

And he still needs to pay fees at the market where he sells. \u201cIt\u2019s essential to use my bicycle, because if I use public transport, it\u2019s too expensive and I don\u2019t make anything,\u201d Adelino says. And he\u2019s not the only one.<\/p>\n

Hundreds of peasants and small traders in the districts of Gondola, Macate and Sussundenga, in the central province of Manica, now use bicycles to transport agricultural products for sale, especially green bananas and tangerines. It is a way of escaping the high price of transport fares.<\/p>\n

With a fluttering blue blazer and pants torn at the knee, Elias Caerera, a peasant from Chicanga, takes advantage of a downhill stretch to \u201cgain time\u201d on the bumpy road he cycles every time he takes green bananas to Chimoio market.<\/p>\n

Unlike Adelino, Elias Caerera harvests bananas from his own machamba [vegetable garden] and sells them to meet the needs of his extended family. Pedalling preserves his profit margin, essential to purchase other products whose price is also \u201cskyrocketing\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis way, I earn a little more,\u201d Elias tells Lusa, adding that the rise in transport prices has put back plans to cover his precarious house with zinc sheets.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe price of \u2018chapas\u2019 has also gone up a lot and it\u2019s no longer possible to use public transport to carry the bananas. So it\u2019s better to use my bike,\u201d and save for other needs, he adds.<\/p>\n

The bicycles used to transport green bananas are mostly of Indian manufacture and of dubious quality. Many cyclists improvise brakes and pedals with rubber from used tires, due to the poor quality of the original parts.<\/p>\n

Pushing a bicycle deformed by the weight of its load, another banana seller, Dias Farnela, says he has always saved by transporting cargo from Boavista (Macate) by bicycle to sell at the Chimoio market. This is his only business, and supports his nine-strong family.<\/p>\n

\u201cWith the bicycle, it\u2019s an advantage because I save the 40 meticais for each bunch that I have to pay from Chicanga to the market,\u201d he tells Lusa.<\/p>\n

On the busy road between the city of Chimoio and the district of Macate, the number of bicycles, most of them overloaded, far exceeds the number of \u201cMy Loves\u201d, which still compete for the transport of green bananas.<\/p>\n

ALSO READ: Mozambique: Cassava, sweet potato and yam replace bread as prices rise<\/b><\/p>\n

Annual inflation in Mozambique rose to 9.31% in May, the highest value in the last four years and seven months, influenced by global price pressures, namely the war in Ukraine.<\/p>\n

By<\/b><\/p>\n

Andr\u00e9 Catueira<\/p>\n

For More News And Analysis About Mozambique<\/a> Follow Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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