Constrangimentos e Estratégias para o Desenvolvimento do Sistema de Sementes em Moçambique

Julie Howard, Jan Low, José Jaime Jeje, Duncan H. Boughton (), Jaquelino Massingue and Mywish Maredia

No MZ-MINAG-RR-43P, International Development Collaborative Working Papers from Department of Agricultural Economics, Michigan State University

Abstract: 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.

Keywords: food security; food policy; Mozambique; seed system (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q18 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2001

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