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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, Sabine
 
Contributor Hauser, Michael
Quembo, Carlos
Gule, Claudio
Assane, Fernando
Mazuze, Feliciano
Onofre Rainde, Julio
Sixpence, Claudio
 
Subject open innovation platforms
smallholder 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, marketoriented
farming...
 
Date 2017-02-10T16:28:38Z
2017-02-10T16:28:38Z
 
Type Conference Paper
 
Identifier http://oar.icrisat.org/id/eprint/9750
https://mel.cgiar.org/reporting/download/hash/ebKs6tqQ
Sabine Homann-Kee Tui, Michael Hauser, Carlos Quembo, Claudio Gule, Fernando Assane, Feliciano Mazuze, Julio Onofre Rainde, Claudio Sixpence. (21/9/2016). Towards resilient and profitable farming systems in Central Mozambique using an open innovation platform approach. Hyderabad, India.
https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11766/5684
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Language en
 
Rights CC-BY-NC-4.0
 
Format PDF