Mozambique

Sepo Hachigonta, Genito A. Maure, Lindiwe M. Sibanda and Timothy Thomas

Chapter 6 in Southern African agriculture and climate change: A comprehensive analysis, 2013, pp 147-174 from International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

Abstract: Africa, in general, is vulnerable to climate change, mostly due to its dependence on agriculture. Mozambique is a prime example. Agriculture is an important sector of the country’s economy, and, as indicated by the 2007 FAO country factsheet, around 80 percent of the population (about 19.4 million people in 2007) is employed by this sector, contributing almost 23 percent of the country’s gross domestic product ( GDP). The same report indicates that 20 of the 128 districts in the country are highly prone to drought, 30 to flooding, and 7 to both risks, which affect about 43 percent of the population overall.

Keywords: Mozambique; Southern Africa; Africa South of Sahara; Africa; Climate change; Rainfall; Droughts; Irrigation; Water management; Adaptation; Agriculture; Poverty; Gender; Women; Agricultural development; Agricultural policies; economic development; Smallhoders; maize; rice; Wheat; sorghum; millet; Cassava; Sweet potato; soybean; Potatoes; Tobacco; Groundnuts; Pigeon peas; Chickpeas; Cowpeas; Platains; Sugarcane; oil seeds; Livestock; Agricultural productivity; crop yield; General Circulation Models (GCM); Commodities; food prices; Education; income; Nutrition; malnutrition (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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