Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/248349 
Year of Publication: 
2021
Series/Report no.: 
WIDER Working Paper No. 2021/135
Publisher: 
The United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER), Helsinki
Abstract: 
This paper explores agricultural performance of Mozambique, its institutional weaknesses, and the underlying factors that underpin an unsatisfactory performance during many decades. We point to the role of systemic political instability and violence combined with challenges to state legitimacy. Regional divides and lack of market integration continue to influence in a critical and all-encompassing manner. Finally, the way in which the interests of the elite and the influence of donors have affected progress in the agriculture sector suggests the need for concerted reorientation in existing strategies, policies, and priorities. This is reinforced by future challenges, including the extractive industry; population growth and internal migration; national and international markets; climate change; and COVID-19. We highlight the need to place the future of agriculture in Mozambique within a long-term perspective, focusing on the adoption and stabilization of an institutional framework aimed at increasing agricultural productivity and preserving the environment.
Subjects: 
agriculture
environment
institutions
agricultural policy
productivity
JEL: 
Q01
Q15
Q16
Q18
Persistent Identifier of the first edition: 
ISBN: 
978-92-9267-075-7
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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