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Towards resilient and profitable farming systems in Central Mozambique using an open innovation platform approach

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Title Towards resilient and profitable farming systems in Central Mozambique using an open innovation platform approach
 
Creator Homann-Kee Tui, S
Hauser, M
Quembo, C
Gule, C
Assane, F
Mazuze, F
Rainde, J
Sixpence, C
 
Subject Farming Systems
 
Description Farmers in Central Mozambique do not benefit adequately from growing markets for
crops and livestock. Ecological, economic and social barriers are intertwined:
• Absence of functional markets restricting farmers from investing in agriculture;
• Lack of incentives to improve agricultural practices resulting in unavailability of
biomass limiting surplus;
• Lack of motivation to engage in social organization;
As a consequence, farmers lose the ability to respond to market opportunities and to
adapt to different forms of shocks that threaten their livelihoods. Innovation platforms
(IPs) help to address some of the barriers and underlying dynamics, but do not tackle the
root causes impeding transition from subsistence to sustainable, market-oriented farming...
 
Date 2016-09
 
Type Conference or Workshop Item
PeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Language en
 
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Identifier http://oar.icrisat.org/9750/1/848.pdf
Homann-Kee Tui, S and Hauser, M and Quembo, C and Gule, C and Assane, F and Mazuze, F and Rainde, J and Sixpence, C (2016) Towards resilient and profitable farming systems in Central Mozambique using an open innovation platform approach. In: Tropentag 2016:Conference on International Research on Food Security, Natural Resource Management and Rural Development, September 18-21, 2016, Vienna, Austria. (Submitted)