Thesis Re-print: Does Selling Fruits or Vegetables - Department of ...
Thesis Re-print: Does Selling Fruits or Vegetables - Department of ...
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2.3 Empirical Patterns<br />
2.3.1 Which farmers are exploiting the opp<strong>or</strong>tunities presented by h<strong>or</strong>ticultural<br />
crops?<br />
Acc<strong>or</strong>ding to the national agricultural survey <strong>of</strong> Mozambique in 2008, 78% <strong>of</strong> all<br />
farming households in the country produced maize, 64% produced fruit, and 36%<br />
produced vegetables. Among these same crops, 16% <strong>of</strong> households sold maize, 13% sold<br />
fruit, and 8% sold vegetables (Figure 5).<br />
Figure 5: Market Participation Decisions among Maize, Fruit and Vegetable Farmers<br />
70.0%<br />
60.0%<br />
50.0%<br />
40.0%<br />
30.0%<br />
20.0%<br />
10.0%<br />
0.0%<br />
Source <strong>of</strong> Data: TIA 2008<br />
Did not<br />
produce<br />
Produced,<br />
did not sell<br />
15<br />
Produced<br />
and sold<br />
Maize<br />
Fruit<br />
<strong>Vegetables</strong>