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Constraints and Strategies for the Development of the Seed System in Mozambique

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Julie Howard
Jan Low
José Jaime Jeje
Duncan Boughton () (Department of Agricultural Economics, Michigan State University)
Jaquelino Massingue
Mywish Maredia

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The purpose of this working paper is to help accelerate improvements in seed sector performance by providing a practical framework for reviewing seed sector development strategy in a market economy context. The paper is divided into three major sections. The first section defines what a seed system is and presents a generalized model of the stages of seed sector development over time, identifying the driving forces at each stage. The second part of the paper describes the current organization and performance of Mozambique’s seed sector, concluding with the constraints identified at the first national seed workshop held in Maputo in June 1999. The sector is at present primarily driven by emergency seed supply, most of which is imported.

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Paper provided by Department of Agricultural Economics, Michigan State University in its series International Development Collaborative Working Papers with number MZ-MINAG-RR-43E.

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Keywords: food security; food policy; Mozambique; seed system;

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Q18 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Agriculture - - - Agricultural Policy; Food Policy

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  1. David D. Rohrbach & Jan Low & Raúl Pitoro & Alfredo Cucu & Jaquelino Massingue & Duncan Boughton & Guilhermina Rafael & Antonio Paulo & Domingos Jocene, 2001. "Investment Priorities for the Development of Mozambique's Seed System," International Development Collaborative Working Papers MZ-MINAG-RR-44E, Department of Agricultural Economics, Michigan State University. [Downloadable!]
  2. Calisto Bias & Cynthia Donovan, 2003. "Gaps and Opportunities for Agricultural Sector Development in Mozambique," International Development Collaborative Working Papers MZ-MINAG-RR-54E, Department of Agricultural Economics, Michigan State University. [Downloadable!]
  3. D. Mather & H. Marrule & C. Donovan & M. Weber & A. Alage, 2004. "Analysis of Adult Mortality Within Rural Households in Mozambique and Implications for Policy," International Development Collaborative Working Papers MZ-MINAG-RR-58E, Department of Agricultural Economics, Michigan State University. [Downloadable!]
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