Can commercial farming promote rural dynamism in sub-Saharan Africa?: Evidence from Mozambique

Steven Glover and Sam Jones

No wp-2016-120, WIDER Working Paper Series from World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER)

Abstract: The impact of large commercial farms on neighbouring smallholders in low-income sub-Saharan Africa remains controversial. Bringing evidence to a largely anecdotal debate, we deploy a dataset covering all commercial farms in Mozambique, linking them to a nationally representative survey of smallholders. We investigate: (i) the degree of selection of commercial farms into more/less favourable locations; and (ii) the effects of these farms on the incomes of neighbouring smallholders. We are unable to find robust evidence of either positive or negative spillovers from commercial farms.

Keywords: Agriculture; Farm produce; Welfare economics (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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