Working Paper 19: Zinc Roof of Mango Tree? Tractors, Modernisation and Agrarian Transformation in Mozambique
This paper analyses the design and implementation of Mozambique’s National Agriculture Mechanisation Programme
Abstract
This paper analyses the design and implementation of Mozambique’s National Agriculture Mechanisation Programme and wider mechanisation policy, looking at the models devised for service provision, actors involved, their motivations and expectations, and access to machinery by the small-scale ‘family sector’. The paper also discusses the role played by mechanisation in processes of agrarian change and social differentiation in rural Mozambique and, specifically, its part in efforts by the state to nurture a modern agribusiness entrepreneur.
This work is part of the Agricultural Policy Research Policy in Africa (APRA) Programme
Citation
Lídia Cabral (2019) Zinc Roof or Mango Tree? Tractors, Modernisation, and Agrarian Transformation in Mozambique APRA Working paper 19, Future Agricultures Consortium.