How To Avoid Killing The Chicken That Lays The Golden Eggs: An Analysis Of The Potential Impacts Of An Export Tax On Raw Tobacco In Mozambique

Anabela Mabota, Arlindo Miguel, Julieta Zandamela, Natércia de Sousa, Duncan H. Boughton (), David Tschirley () and Higino de Marrule
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David Tschirley: Department of Agricultural Economics, Michigan State University

No MZ-MINAG-FL-42E, International Development Collaborative Policy Briefs from Department of Agricultural Economics, Michigan State University

Abstract: Tobacco production in Mozambique has grown very rapidly over the past seven years. From 1,500 tons in the 1996/7 agricultural season, national production of raw tobacco has increased every year to reach approximately 50,000 tons in 2003/4 (Figure 1). Over the same period the estimated number of tobacco growing households has increased from 6,000 to more than 120,000. There are currently five major firms (or partnerships) operating in the country promoting both smallholder contract farming schemes and larger scale commercial operations. The impact of this rapid expansion of the tobacco sector on rural smallholder household incomes and economic growth has been dramatic.

Keywords: food security; food policy; Mozambique (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q18 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2004
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