Relatóriu peskiza Indústria Transformadora produtu Agrikultura iha Timor-Leste

Research report on Agriculture Processing Industry in Timor-Leste (English follows below)

Indústria transformadora produtu agrikultura iha poténsia boot atu hadi’ak povu nia moris no ekonomia iha Timor-Leste. Nasaun ho karakterístika sosiál no ekonomia hanesan Timor-Leste, indústria transformadora sai hanesan xave hodi dudu kreximentu iha setór agrikultura no estimula kreximentu iha setór sira seluk. Infelizmente, to’o oras ne’e indústria transformadór sira seidauk dezenvolve ho di’ak. Nune’e efeitu husi dezenvolvimentu setór agrikultura nian limita de’it ba benefísiu ne’ebé hetan ba konsumu no tranzasaun produtu primária. Atu hadi’ak problema ne’e, governu no ajénsia dezenvolvimentu sira seluk presiza sériu hodi responde ba fatór sira ne'ebé to’o oras ne’e sai obstákulu ba dezenvolvimentu indústria transformadora iha rai laran. 

Timor-Leste iha ona grupu lubuk ida ne’ebé halo atividade transformasaun ba produtu husi agrikultura sira ba produtu sekundáriu oin-oin. Grupu hirak ne’e hamosu ona fonte rendimentu foun ba ninia membru sira no mós kontribui ba sosa produtu primária husi agrikultór sira. Atividade ne'ebé grupu sira ne’e hala’o, sei ki’ik en termu de produsaun no mós rendimentu kada tinan, maibé sira nia produtu kompete ona ho produtu importadu sira no fa’an ona iha supermerkadu barak iha Dili laran no balun esporta mós ba rai li’ur. Realidade ne’e fó vantajen ba governu tanba iha oportunidade atu aprende husi esperiénsia grupu sira ne’e hodi sai referénsia ba kriasaun polítika nasionál no enkuadramentu legal sira hodi promove no hadi’ak liután indústria transformadór iha rai laran.

Rezultadu peskiza iha relatóriu nee, haktuir buat boot rua importante. Parte primeiru kona-ba karakterístika indústria iha Timor-Leste, haktuir iha PEDN kona-ba indústria mikro, kiik no médiu, produsaun domina ho produtu husi toos, oinsá envolvimentu ONG nian (organizasaun naun governamentál) no maioria grupu sira domina husi feto (93%). Parte segundu iha relatóriu nee espesífiku liu haktuir kona-ba dezafiu grupu sira (indústria transformadora) iha faze estabelesimentu, oinsá dezafiu sira iha faze de produsaun, oinsá dezafiu iha faze hafoin de produsaun no ikus liu mak kona-ba oinsá poténsia ne’ebé seidauk maximiza ho di’ak. Maluk sira bele lee informasaun kompletu iha relatóriu peskiza ne’ebé foin lansa (aprezentasaun) iha dia 17 Fevereiru liu ba. 

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Research report on Agriculture Processing Industry in Timor-Leste

The agriculture processing industry has great potential to improve people's lives and Timor-Leste's economy. In a country with Timor-Leste‘s characteristics, agricultural processing could become a key driver of growth in the agriculture sector and stimulate growth in non-agriculture sectors. Unfortunately, Timor-Leste still lacks a reliable secondary industry in the agriculture sector. Consequently, the benefits of agricultural development have been limited to the consumption and trading of raw agricultural products. To improve on this, the government and development partners need to work on fundamental challenges that hinder the development of the agricultural processing industry.  

Several groups in the country are already processing farm products into secondary products. From these activities, they have created an alternative source of income for their group members, and contribute to other farmers’ income by buying their raw products. They are mostly small groups with low annual production and revenue. Nevertheless, their products have been circulating in the Timor-Leste market, in the supermarkets in Dili, and some for export. The government could take advantage of the existing groups' experience when designing national industry policy and its legal framework. 

The research report (Tetum) includes two major parts. The first is on the characteristics of the processing industry in Timor-Leste, reflecting on the definition of micro, small and medium enterprises in the SDP and global practices, the focus on plant-based products, the role of the NGOs in the industry, and women’s engagement (which reaches up to 93%). The second part concentrates on the challenges encountered by these groups during the establishment stage, production stage and post-production stage, potentials that have not been optimized, and interventions needed from the Government side.