Год выпуска: 2012 Автор: Rui Benfica Издательство: LAP Lambert Academic Publishing Страниц: 244 ISBN: 9783659131677
Описание
This book uses econometric and economy-wide models to examine the determinants of participation and performance of smallholders in cotton and tobacco contract farming in Mozambique, and assess the poverty effects of expansion and policies. While it finds tobacco more technically demanding and profitable for smallholders, in both sectors, productivity gains generate stronger effects than world prices. Results from the CGE model, show that income diversification ensures that non-growers don’t fall behind when interventions focus on growers in those sectors. Labor market linkages and technology spillovers into food crops are stronger in tobacco areas where the use of inputs is more intensive and local demand for food is stronger. The potential of interventions focused on productivity presents an opportunity for concession firms and policy makers to design strategies that are beneficial to stakeholders but requires coordination, better research/extension, and emphasis on product quality....
