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Este artigo é uma tentativa de fornecer elementos a partir dos quais possamos compreender conflitos e tensões à volta das condições de produção e reprodução agrícola em Moçambique. O foco é na análise de como as estruturas económicas afectam as condições sociais de produção e reprodução agrícola e ajudam a explicar conflitos e tensões à sua volta. A análise oficial dominante sobre os problemas do desenvolvimento agrário no País é frequentemente feita recorrendo à descrição de um conjunto de...

Successful export sectors in manufacturing and agribusiness are important drivers of structural transformation in Sub-Sahara African countries. Backed by industrial policies and active state involvement, a small number of successful productive export sectors has emerged in Sub-Saharan Africa. This thesis asks the question: How do politics shape the promotion of export-driven industrialisation and firm-level upgrading in Sub-Saharan Africa? It exemplifies this question with an in-depth,...

In this paper, we discuss and assess the input subsidy programmes in Mozambique, as part of the larger agriculture policy landscape, the impact this has had on the agricultural sector in Mozambique, and particularly on smallholder farmers. Input subsidy programmes in Mozambique are fragmented and operate more along the lines of projects and pilots. Therefore, this paper selects a few key projects to explore approaches being taken by the Mozambican government, along with international donors,...

Neste artigo, discutimos e avaliamos os programas de subsídios em insumos em Moçambique, como parte do panorama mais amplo da política agrícola, o impacto que estes têm tido no sector agrícola em Moçambique e particularmente nos pequenos agricultores. Os programas de subsídios em Moçambique são fragmentados e operam mais ao logo das linhas de projectos e pilotos. Este artigo selecciona, portanto, alguns dos projectos principais para explorar abordagens que estão a ser usadas pelo governo...

Na sua última visita a Moçambique, em 2010, enquanto Presidente do Brasil, Lula da Silva destacava os laços fraternais entre o Brasil e Moçambique e o carácter contra-hegemónico do Sul para uma ordem internacional mais equânime, ao mesmo tempo que notava os avanços do investimento privado e os contributos do empresariado brasileiro. Agendas geopolíticas e mercantis fundiam-se em torno de narrativas de libertação, equidade e progresso social, desde o Brasil até à África. Este texto oferece um...

Key Recommendations: 1. Gender and other general policies in the agricultural sector should be revised to reflect clear priorities for lowering post-harvest losses (PHL). 2. Crop scientists should be trained and crop-specific PHM research infrastructure should be developed so that PHM can be included as a research component for all crops. 3. Academic and research units should be located in the field, close to the farmers, so that researchers and/or university students are closer to the...

Contract farming is a sales arrangement between a farmer and a firm, agreed before production begins, which provides the farmer with resources or services. Many governments and donors promote contract farming as part of agricultural development policies. However, there is serious concern whether smaller farmers can benefit from these arrangements. This paper presents the results of a systematic review that analysed the evidence in the literature on income effects for smallholders. The review...

In northern Mozambique, villagers were promised jobs to replace land taken for forestry. Five years later, they’re still waiting, discovers Nils Adler.

Over the last decade, Mozambique has been one of the fastest-growing African economies, enjoying average economic growth of about 8% between 2004 and 2015. It received strong support from the international community during the period (for example, in 2014 it received US$2 billion in official development assistance). In parallel, the country has embarked on major reforms — especially fiscal reforms and tax administration — and has opened up to foreign investment, particularly for the exploitation of its natural resources.

Mozambique has recorded strong growth, but many low-income households are missing out on the benefits and policy options to make rowth more inclusive in Mozambique

O presente estudo é parte integrante do projecto “Efeitos dos grandes projectos sobre o meio rural e a agricultura (Portucel- Moçambique)” realizado pelo Observatório do Meio Rural (OMR). Especificamente, as questões que o presente estudo procura responder são: (i) quais as mudanças que ocorreram em termos de acesso a tecnologias de produção agrícola nos distritos de Ile e Namarrói desde que a Portucel iniciou as suas actividades; e (ii) que impactos houve nos sistemas de produção agrícola...

The political economy of agricultural growth corridors: some first thoughts: • Neither state-driven ‘high modernism’ (Scott) nor enclave capitalism (Ferguson), but context-specific hybrid dynamic. • Endogenous capital and dynamics of accumulation crucial: diverting, upsetting , recasting grand plans and investments. • Contested visions of ‘development’ and ‘progress’ being played out, challenging and reconfiguring authority, with tensions and contradictions among elite alliances. • The...

The analysis covers both national specific policies and those policies and commitments that the Government of Mozambique has signed as part of global collective efforts. The analysis aims to become a baseline to better understand the policy gaps and implementation challenges in in FNS and CCR towards women and smallholders in Mozambique. The main purpose of this analysis is to become useful source and instrument in the implementation of CARE Mozambique Advocacy Strategy, and also for the...

O Agronegócio em Moçambique poderá ser um factor dinamizador da agricultura, chave para o desevolvimento económico, elemento para a equidade no desenvolvimento social e fundamental para a redução da pobreza e da fome. O estudo analisa as perceções dos atores do agronegócio do milho e da mandioca sobre o impacto destas culturas na vida económica e social no meio rural. Diante desta perspetiva, esta pesquisa teve como objetivo investigar prospectivamente as cadeias de valor das culturas do...

This report uses a political economy analysis to shed light on some of the paradoxes that characterise Mozambique mid 2017: Entrenched poverty, the resuscitated armed conflict/war, the trust crisis between the Mozambican (Frelimo) government and its development partners, the spiralling debt and the party-state.

In this study, we set out to examine three interrelated questions: To what extent has Brazilian cooperation in the agriculture sector contributed to agrarian transformation in Mozambique? How has Mozambican civil society, and in particular the União Nacional dos Camponeses (UNAC, National Peasants’ Union), responded to the prospect of Brazilian agribusiness investments in the Nacala Corridor? And what effects has BrazilianMozambican agricultural development cooperation had on the existing...

This paper analyses inclusive land governance in Mozambique. It focuses on the country’s legal framework and the DUAT, the right to use and benefit from the land. The DUAT is a distinctive element of the Mozambican legislation that has land as the property of the state but recognises land use rights for occupants and users on the basis of a unitary system of tenure. The challenges of putting in practice what is thought to be one of Africa’s most progressive legal frameworks are discussed....

A series of five “Reality Checks” will take place in the period 2011-2016, focussing on the dynamics of poverty and well-being with a particular focus on good governance, agriculture/climate and energy that are key sectors in Swedish development cooperation with Mozambique. Each Reality Check will be published in the form of one Annual Report and three Sub-Reports from each of the three selected study-sites (see ORGUTa 2011 for more details). More concretely, the “Reality Checks in...

East Africa has experienced an increase of private land use investments in the past years. Rural households have consequently faced crucial changes in their livelihoods. This paper explores the socio-economic impacts of industrial forest plantations on rural communities in Niassa, Mozambique. According to our results private forest plantations have the potential to positively impact local people’s wealth and well-being, if enough emphasis is given to minimizing the negative impacts. The...