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| Provedor de dados: |
AgEcon
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| País: |
United States
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| Título: |
Measuring the Impact of Public and Private Assets on Household Crop Income in Rural Mozambique, 2002-2005
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| Autores: |
Mather, David
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| Data: |
2009-12-28
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| Ano: |
2009
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| Palavras-chave: |
Income
Mozambique
Africa
Food security
Crop Production/Industries
Food Security and Poverty
Q18
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| Resumo: |
Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Directorate of Economics, Republic of Mozambique
Crop income is the predominant source of income for most rural Mozambican households, accounting for 73% of rural household income on average in 2002, and greater than 80% of the total income of the poorest 40% of rural households. While the Government of Mozambique recognizes the need to improve agricultural productivity, there is little empirical evidence to date suggesting what mix of public and private investments would best foster improved agricultural productivity in rural Mozambique. This paper aims to better understand the determinants of household crop income in rural Mozambique, by using the TIA panel household survey of 2002-2005 to measure the impact of various private and public assets on crop income. We build upon Walker et al.’s (2004) analysis of TIA02 crop income by utilizing the econometric advantages of panel econometrics to obtain improved estimates of the impact of various private and public assets on crop income. Our principal focus is to measure the effect on total household net crop income of factors which are assumed to have a positive effect on crop productivity and profitability, including: private assets such as landholding; household use of improved inputs (fertilizer, animal traction) and diversification into tobacco or cotton; and access to public goods such as extension advice, market price information, and farm association membership.
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| Tipo: |
Working or Discussion Paper
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| Idioma: |
Inglês
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| Identificador: |
http://purl.umn.edu/56073
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| Relação: |
Michigan State University>Department of Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics>Food Security Collaborative Working Papers
Research Report
67E
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| Formato: |
65
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