WEF_GrowAfrica_AnnualReport2014

2013 in Review 2013 in Review
THE LONG VIEW
Women farmers must play key role
to ensure steady sector growth
Agricultural GDP Growth Rates
Ag GDP Growth
70
60
50
CAADP Target
Agriculture makes up 30.2% of Mozambique’s
economy, and, while previously erratic, agricultural
growth has stabilised close to the 6% CAADP growth
target since 2003. Roughly half of the rural population
is directly engaged in agriculture as an economic
activity. A notable majority of that agricultural labour
force is composed of women (65.2%), making their
economic empowerment vital to ambitions for inclusive
agricultural development. Mozambique’s agricultural
sector currently produces cassava, sugarcane, and
maize in significant quantities. It produces 7% of
Africa’s annual cassava production. The country’s
public expenditure on agriculture has never reached
the CAADP target of 10% of the national budget, but
over the past 10 years has nonetheless remained
consistently close to 6% of public spending.
Mozambique is placed 139th in global rankings and
15th out of 47 in sub-Saharan Africa for ease of doing
business. It is particularly well-ranked with respect
to protecting investors. Within Africa, Mozambique
is considered average in terms of the level of digital
agribusiness services, with 12.7 million mobile GSM
connections (roughly half the population), 15% of
which are 3G data connections.
For its population of 26.5 million people, extreme
poverty (persons living on less than $1.25/day) declined
from the extreme of 74.7% in 2003 to the still heavy
burden of 59.6% in 2008. Malnutrition is relatively
low compared to other sub-Saharan countries, with
15.6% of children underweight. Agriculture makes
an important contribution to this progress towards
achieving the Millennium Development Goals,
especially for the 18 million people living in rural areas.
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Source: ReSAKKS 2014 - www.resakss.org
SNAPSHOT OF AGRICULTURAL ECONOMY
Rural Population
Population Economically Active in Agriculture
CAADP TARGETS
Total population:
26,473,000
Total:
9,788,000
15.6% 59.6%
Child malnutrition:
% of children under 5 underweight
(World Development Indicators, 2011)
Poverty:
% living below $1.25/day
(World Development Indicators, 2008)
Rural population:
18,013,000
65.2% 34.8%
Public agriculture expenditure share in total public expenditure 2000 - 2010
Source:
FAO-STAT 2014 - http://faostat.fao.org/
Source:
FAO-STAT 2014 - http://faostat.fao.org/
12
10
Mozambique
CAADP Target
Ease of Doing Business - Rank of 189 Countries
Overall 139
Starting a Business 95
Top 10 Crops by Production (tonnes)
10,051,364 Cassava
3,393,904 Sugarcane
8
Getting Credit 130
1,177,390 Maize
6
4
Protecting Investors 52
Trading Across Borders 131
Enforcing Contracts 145
900,000 Sweet Potatoes
602,406 Pulses
470,000 Bananas
2
EASY 50 100
150
HARD
280,000 Rice
239,000 Sorghum
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
Source: www.resakss.org
2010
Source:
World Bank 2014 - http://www.doingbusiness.org/
205,000 Potatoes
112,913 Groundnuts
Source:
FAO-STAT 2014 -
http://faostat.fao.org/
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