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IGM Annual Conference 2023
The importance of the agricultural sector in the Mozambican economy, its potential to help move people out of poverty, and its vulnerability to the effects of weather shocks and climate change, place it among key policy areas in the country. However, despite its transformative potential, agricultural development has been stagnant during the last decades. Agricultural productivity remains low and related value chains are underdeveloped, leading to agro-processing industries playing only a marginal role in adding value to agricultural products and local produce being unable to compete with imports, especially in urban consumption markets.
The IGM 2023 Annual Conference, Agricultural development in Mozambique: trends, challenges and opportunities, organized on 8 November 2023 in Maputo, Mozambique, aims to shed light on recent developments in the agricultural sector in Mozambique and discuss initiatives to enhance the productivity and resilience of smallholder farmers in terms of mitigating the effects of climate change. The event is organized in partnership between the Ministry of Economy and Finance (MEF), the Center for Economic and Management Studies (CEEG) at Eduardo Mondlane University (UEM), the University of Copenhagen (UCPH-DERG) and the United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER).
The conference will bring together national and international academics, policymakers, practitioners, and representatives of the agricultural sector to discuss the dynamics of the agricultural and forestry sectors in Mozambique and their contribution to sustainable development in the face of present and future challenges, including the effects of climate change.
The conference is structured around four thematic sessions, with two sessions dedicated to studies carried out under the Inclusive growth in Mozambique (IGM) programme, with a view to producing a comprehensive report on the status of smallholder agriculture in Mozambique. The following sessions include recent research by other partners and papers selected through the IGM Call for Papers 2023.
The conference will be held in a hybrid format. The sessions will be broadcast live via Zoom and video recordings and photos of the in-person event will be used for publicity purposes after the event.
The conference languages will be Portuguese and English. There will be simultaneous Portuguese-English-Portuguese translation.
Please note that the in-person event will be by invitation letter only. However, the online event is open to everyone.
PRELIMINARY PROGRAMME - Wednesday 8 November 2023
08:00-08:30 | Registration and coffee/tea |
Session 1: Opening of the event (in Portuguese, simultaneous translation available)
08:30-08:35 | Welcoming words |
08:35-08:55 | Opening of event
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08:55-09:00 | Brief introduction to the conference theme and programme |
Session 2: Small-scale agriculture in Mozambique: current situation and perspectives – I (in Portuguese, simultaneous translation available)
09:00-09:05 | Presentation 1: Challenges to the sustainable growth of smallholder agriculture in Africa
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09:05-09:15 | Presentation 2: Comparative assessment of agricultural productivity in Sub-Saharan Africa: is Mozambique a special case? |
09:15-09:25 | Presentation 3: Evolution of agricultural strategies and policies in Mozambique (2000-2020) |
09:25-09:30 | Presentation 4: Introduction to microdata: harmonization, use, and limitations |
09:30-09:45 | Q&A session |
09:45-10:15 | Coffee/tea |
Session 3: Small-scale agriculture in Mozambique: current situation and perspectives – II
(in Portuguese, simultaneous translation available)
10:15-10:35 | Presentation 5: Profile and evolution of smallholder farmers in Mozambique |
10:35-10:45 | Presentation 6: Determinants of growth and success |
10:45-10:55 | Presentation 7: Looking to the future: Climate change, agriculture and the Mozambican economy |
10:55-11:05 | Presentation 8: Policy Considerations |
11:05-11:25 | Q&A session |
Session 4: Recent research – selection of papers
11:30-13:10 | Parallel session 4.1: Development of agriculture sector - approaches | Parallel session 4.2:Agriculture sector – shocks, crises, and other challenges |
11:30-11:35 | Introduction to the theme and presentation of the speakers | Introduction to the theme and presentation of the speaker |
11:35-11:55 | Presentation 9: Determinants of access of producers to rural extension services in Mozambique (15 min + 5 min Q&A) | Presentation 10: Crisis, prices and poverty – an analysis based on Household Budget Surveys of Mozambique (IOFs) 1996/97-2019/20 (15 min + 5 min Q&A) |
11:55-12:15 | Presentation 11: Impact evaluation of the Innovation of Agribusiness (InovAgro) Project in Northern Mozambique (15 min + 5 min Q&A) | Presentation 12: Climate change and consumption inequality (15 min + 5 min Q&A) |
12:15-12:35 | Presentation 13: Agricultural investment corridors in Africa: does the participation of small producers and women count? (15 min + 5 min Q&A)
| Presentation 14: The microeconomics of forced wage labour in Portuguese Africa: Evidence from the Sena Sugar Estates, 1920-1974 (15 min + 5 min Q&A) |
12:35-12:55 | Presentation 15: Promoting collective action between small-scale irrigation scheme members (15 min + 5 min Q&A) | Presentation 16: Four types of agriculture: characteristics and challenges (15 min + 5 min Q&A) |
12:55-13:10 | Q&A session | Q&A session Moderator |
13:10-14:15 | Lunch | |
Session 5: IGM Call for Papers: Development of agriculture in Mozambique: tendencies, opportunities and challenges
14:15-15:50 | Parallel session 5.1: Agriculture – perspectives on the development of a sector (in Portuguese, simultaneous translation available) | Parallel session 5.2: Agriculture sector – policies and investments: impact (in Portuguese, simultaneous translation not available) |
14:15-14:20 | Introduction to the theme and presentation of the speakers | Introduction to the theme and presentation of the speakers |
14:20-14:40 | Presentation 17: Change of the agriculture landscape in Mozambique: is there a transformation or a crisis? (15 min + 5 min Q&A) (online) | Presentation 18: Impact of development schemes on the income and food security of small agricultural producers in Mozambique. A systematic literature review (15 min + 5 min Q&A) |
14:40-15:00 | Presentation 19: The evolution of “extensive agriculture” in Niassa and its impact on the environment (2012 -2022) (15 min + 5 min Q&A) | Presentation 20: Electrification and changes in employment structure in Mozambique: A study on the impact of rural electrification on movements out of the agriculture sector (15 min + 5 min Q&A) |
15:00-15:20 | Presentation 21: The influence of farmers’ associations on farmers' participation in the marketing of corn in Mozambique (15 min + 5 min Q&A) | Presentation 22: Impact of land ownership schemes on investment in agricultural mechanization on small and medium-size farms in Mozambique 2014-2022 (15 min + 5 min Q&A) |
15:20-15:40 | Presentation 23: Effectiveness of agricultural financing sources in Mozambique (15 min + 5 min Q&A) | Presentation 24: Market System Resilience Index (MSRI) in Mozambique: Nampula and Cabo Delgado Provinces (15 min + 5 min Q&A) |
15:40-15:50 | Q&A session | Q&A session Moderator |
15:50-16:15 | Coffee/tea | |
Session 6: Event summary and closing (in Portuguese, simultaneous translation available)
16:15-16:30 | Event summary |
16:30-16:45 | Closing of event |