Marketing Margins and Agricultural Technology in Mozambique

Channing Arndt (), H. T. Jensen, Sherman Robinson () and Finn Tarp ()

The Journal of Development Studies, 2000, vol. 37, issue 1, pages 121-137

Abstract: Improvements in agricultural productivity and reductions in marketing costs in Mozambique are analysed using a computable general equilibrium (CGE) model. The model incorporates detailed marketing margins and separates household demand for marketed and home-produced goods. Individual simulations of improved agricultural technology and lower marketing margins yield welfare gains across the economy. In addition, a combined scenario reveals significant synergy effects, as gains exceed the sum of gains from the individual scenarios. Relative welfare improvements are higher for poor rural households, while factor returns increase in roughly equal proportions, an attractive feature when assessing the political feasibility of policy initiatives.

Keywords: Mozambique; Agriculture; Marketing; Marketing costs; Marketing margins; Agricultural productivity; Rural households (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2000
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