Channing Arndt, Rui Benfica, Finn Tarp, James Thurlow, Rafael Uaiene, Rui Benfica, ...
agricultural research centers that receive principal funding from governments, private foundations, and international and regional organizations, most of which are members of the Consultative Group...
Channing Arndt, Rui Benfica, Nelson Maximiano, James T. Thurlow, ...
agricultural research centers that receive principal funding from governments, private foundations, and international and regional organizations, most of which are members of the Consultative Group...
Jayne Takashi Yamano, T. S. Jayne, Takashi Yamano, Michael Weber, Rui Benfica, David Neven, ...
This paper is published by the Department of Agricultural Economics and the Department of Economics, Michigan State University (MSU). Support for this research has been provided by the Food Security...
Reflections on Poverty and Prospects for Growth in the Mozambican Rural Sector
Higino De Marrule, Rui Benfica, Paul Strasberg, David Tschirley, Michael Weber
This paper uses information from two rural household databases to help inform the issue of poverty and growth prospects in the rural sector in Mozambique. Specifically, it focuses on 1) the...
Smallholder Income and Land Distribution in Africa: Implications for Poverty Reduction Strategies
T. S. Jayne, Michael T. Weber, David Tschirley, Rui Benfica, Antony Chapoto, Ballard Zulu, ...
This synthesis is drawn from a larger paper that provides a micro level foundation for discussions of land allocation and its relation to poverty within the smallholder sectors of Eastern and...
Smallholder Income and Land Distribution in Africa: Implications for Poverty Reduction Strategies
T. S. Jayne, Takashi Yamano, Michael Weber, David Tschirley, Rui Benfica, David Neven, ...
This paper provides a micro-level foundation for discussions of income and asset allocation within the smallholder sector in Eastern and Southern Africa, and explores the implications of these...
Rui Benfica, Julieta Zandamela, Arlindo Miguel, Natérica De Sousa
This paper is the first output generated with the data collected in that survey. It is a descriptive piece that focuses on identifying and presenting a snapshot of the rural economy in the Zambezi...
João Carrilho, Rui Benfica, David Tschirley, Duncan Boughton
This document argues that from the existing inequalities in the subsistence farming sector, there are great opportunities for this sector to grow, through policies that directly influence the richest...
The Impact of Alternative Agro-Industrial Investments on Poverty Reduction in Rural Mozambique
Rui Benfica, David Tschirley, Liria Sambo
Research throughout the developing world has shown a potentially strong relationship between agro-industrial investments and growth in smallholder agriculture and poverty reduction. This paper...
Higino De Marrule, Rui Benfica, Paul Strasberg, David Tschirley, Michael Weber
food security, food policy, Mozambique
food security, food policy, Mozambique
Smallholder income and land distribution in Africa: implications for poverty reduction strategies
Jayne, T. S., Yamano, Takashi, Weber, Michael T., Tschirley, David, Benfica, Rui, Chapoto, Antony, ...
Rui Benfica, Donald Mead, Pedro Arlindo
This document provides a preliminary overview of the findings of the survey. It is anticipated that further analysis will be done, building in part on suggestions and reactions received to the...
Rui Benfica, Pedro Arlindo, Michael T. Weber, David Tschirley
The primary objective of the report is to utilize an existing rural household data base to describe to the maximum extent possible key social and economic characteristics of smallholder farmers in...
Rui Benfica, Pedro Arlindo, Michael T. Weber, David Tschirley
The primary objective of the report is to utilize an existing rural household data base to describe to the maximum extent possible key social and economic characteristics of smallholder farmers in...
This paper challenges the conclusions of earlier writers regarding the roles of smallholder agriculture, commercial agriculture, and wage labour in rural poverty alleviation in Mozambique. It reviews...
This paper challenges the conclusions of earlier writers regarding the roles of smallholder agriculture, commercial agriculture, and wage labour in rural poverty alleviation in Mozambique. It reviews...
Rui Benfica, Pedro Arlindo, Michael T. Weber, David Tschirley
The primary objective of the report is to utilize an existing rural household data base to describe key social and economic characteristics of smallholder farmers in the flood areas.
Rui Benfica, David Tschirley, Líria Sambo
This flash deals with the issue of alternative organizational forms in the interaction between agroindustrial investments and the smallholder agricultural sector in the food/fiber supply chain in...
Rui Benfica, David Tschirley, Líria Sambo
This flash deals with the issue of alternative organizational forms in the interaction between agroindustrial investments and the smallholder agricultural sector in the food/fiber supply chain in...
Rui Benfica, Arlindo Miguel, Julieta Zandamela, Natércia De Sousa, Duncan H. Boughton, David Tschirley, ...
Tobacco production in Mozambique has grown very rapidly over the past seven years. From 1,500 tons in the 1996/7 agricultural season, national production of raw tobacco has increased every year to...
Rui Benfica, Arlindo Miguel, Julieta Zandamela, Natércia De Sousa, Duncan H. Boughton, David Tschirley, ...
Tobacco production in Mozambique has grown very rapidly over the past seven years. From 1,500 tons in the 1996/7 agricultural season, national production of raw tobacco has increased every year to...
Biofuels, poverty, and growth: A computable general equilibrium analysis of Mozambique
Arndt, Channing, Benfica, Rui, Tarp, Finn, Thurlow, James, Uaiene, Rafael
"Large private investments in biofuels are presently underway in Mozambique. This paper uses an economywide model to assess the implications of these investments for growth and income distribution....
SMALLHOLDER INCOME AND LAND DISTRIBUTION IN AFRICA: IMPLICATIONS FOR POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGIES
Jayne, T.S., Yamano, Takashi, Weber, Michael, Tschirley, David, Benfica, Rui, Neven, David, ...
This paper provides a micro-level foundation for discussions of income and asset allocation within the smallholder sector in Eastern and Southern Africa, and explores the implications of these...
REFLECTIONS ON POVERTY AND PROSPECTS FOR GROWTH IN THE MOZAMBICAN RURAL SECTOR
De Marrule, Higino, Benfica, Rui, Strasberg, Paul, Tschirley, David, Weber, Michael
Community/Rural/Urban Development, Food Security and Poverty,
SMALLHOLDER INCOME AND LAND DISTRIBUTION IN AFRICA: IMPLICATIONS FOR POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGIES
Jayne, T.S., Yamano, Takashi, Weber, Michael T., Tschirley, David, Benfica, Rui, Chapoto, Antony, ...
Farm Management, Food Security and Poverty,
Benfica, Rui, Tschirley, David, Boughton, Duncan
This paper investigates the determinants of participation and performance of tobacco co ntract farmers, and the effects of participation on overall crop and household incomes in the Zambezi Valley of...
Higher fuel and food prices: Economic impacts and responses for Mozambique
Arndt, Channing, Benfica, Rui, Maximiano, Nelson, Nucifora, Antonio M.D., Thurlow, James
"Rising world prices for fuel and food represent a negative terms-of-trade shock for Mozambique. The impacts of these price increases are analyzed using various approaches. Detailed price data show...
Higher fuel and food prices: impacts and responses for Mozambique
Channing Arndt, Rui Benfica, Nelson Maximiano, James T. Thurlow
Rising world prices for fuel and food represent a negative terms-of-trade shock for Mozambique. The impacts of these price rises are analyzed using various approaches. Detailed price data show that...