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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>

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