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Mozambique’s agrifood system structure and drivers of transformation

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Title Mozambique’s agrifood system structure and drivers of transformation
 
Creator Benfica, Rui
Diao, Xinshen
Pauw, Karl
Thurlow, James
Ellis, Mia
 
Subject agrifood systems
value chains
markets
agriculture
labour productivity
off-farm employment
poverty
diet quality
jobs
development
gross national product
maize
fish
horticulture
livestock
 
Description Mozambique was one of the fastest-growing countries in sub-Saharan Africa between 2009 and 2014, with annual growth averaging about 7 percent (INE 2020; World Bank 2023a). However, adverse economic circumstances resulted in a significant weakening of economic growth, which averaged only 4.6 percent over the period 2014 to 2019 (INE 2020; World Bank 2023a). Restrictive COVID-19 policymeasures introduced in 2020 further stifled the economy, resulting in negative growth in 2020 and low growth in 2021. Like many other countries, Mozambique was adversely affected by global commodity market disruptions resulting from the onset of Russia-Ukraine war in 2022 and the global recession in 2023 (Arndt et al. 2023; Diao and Thurlow 2023). Mozambique’s growth is expected to recover in the coming years, with projections of 5.0 percent growth in 2023 and 8.0 percent in 2024 (World Bank 2023b), suggesting the economy is inching back toward its pre-pandemic growth trajectory.
 
Date 2023-07-10
2023-08-08T09:32:53Z
2023-08-08T09:32:53Z
 
Type Brief
 
Identifier Benfica, Rui; Diao, Xinshen; Pauw, Karl; Thurlow, James; and Ellis, Mia. 2023. Mozambique’s agrifood system structure and drivers of transformation. Agrifood System Diagnostics Country Series 10. https://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.136789
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/131425
https://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.136789
 
Language en
 
Relation Agrifood System Diagnostics Country Series
 
Rights CC-BY-4.0
Open Access
 
Format 22 pages
application/pdf
 
Publisher International Food Policy Research Institute