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Pigeonpea in Mozambique: An Emerging Success Story of Crop Expansion in Smallholder Agriculture

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  • Walker, Tom
  • Silim, Said
  • Cunguara, Benedito
  • Donovan, Cynthia
  • Rao, P. Parthasarathy
  • Amane, Manuel

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We document the rapid emergence of pigeonpea as a smallholder export crop in Mozambique and discuss implications of pigeonpea’s expansion in this study. An analysis of seven years of nationally and provincially representative rural survey data from 2002 to 2012 and an assessment of pulse production and consumption in India gave the following major results:

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  • Walker, Tom & Silim, Said & Cunguara, Benedito & Donovan, Cynthia & Rao, P. Parthasarathy & Amane, Manuel, 2015. "Pigeonpea in Mozambique: An Emerging Success Story of Crop Expansion in Smallholder Agriculture," Miscellaneous Publications 210861, Michigan State University, Department of Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics.
    • Handle: RePEc:ags:midamp:210861
    DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.210861
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    2. Joshi, Pramod Kumar & Rao, P. Parthasarathy, 2016. "Global and regional pulse economies: Current trends and outlook:," IFPRI discussion papers 1544, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI).
    3. Tsusaka, T. & Orr, A. & Msere, H. & Harris, D. & Rao, N. Vpr Ganga, 2018. "Fuelwood or Grain? A Conjoint Analysis of Trait Preferences for Pigeonpea among Smallholders in Southern Malawi," 2018 Conference, July 28-August 2, 2018, Vancouver, British Columbia 277435, International Association of Agricultural Economists.
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    5. Me-Nsope, Nathalie M. & Nankhuni, Flora J., 2018. "An Analysis Of Malawi’S Pigeon Pea Value Chain," Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Food Security Policy Research Papers 275676, Michigan State University, Department of Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics, Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Food Security (FSP).

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