Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/161503 
Year of Publication: 
2016
Series/Report no.: 
WIDER Working Paper No. 2016/120
Publisher: 
The United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER), Helsinki
Abstract: 
The impact of large commercial farms on neighbouring smallholders in low-income sub-Saharan Africa remains controversial. Bringing evidence to a largely anecdotal debate, we deploy a dataset covering all commercial farms in Mozambique, linking them to a nationally representative survey of smallholders. We investigate: (i) the degree of selection of commercial farms into more/less favourable locations; and (ii) the effects of these farms on the incomes of neighbouring smallholders. We are unable to find robust evidence of either positive or negative spillovers from commercial farms. However, certain types of commercial agricultural ventures - outgrower schemes, plantations - appear to generate moderate local welfare gains.
Subjects: 
agriculture
commercial farming
Mozambique
structural transformation
JEL: 
O13
Q12
Q18
Persistent Identifier of the first edition: 
ISBN: 
978-92-9256-164-2
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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