The impact of land right regulation on the cassava technology adoption among smallholder farmers in Mozambique: case of pro-poor value chain development project in the Maputo and Limpopo corridor
Mate, Daniel Ozias1; Cuambe, Constantino Estevão; Simango, Daniel Vasco ; Francesco Rubino
Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security of Mozambique, Agriculture Development Fund, PROSUL Project; International Consultant
The Pro-Poor Value Chain Development Project in the Maputo and Limpopo Corridors (PROSUL) has been working, in last six years, on mainstreaming land tenure rights in three value chain (horticulture, cassava and red meat) covering 20,350 smallholder farmers, across 21 districts in the provinces of Maputo, Gaza and Inhambane.
In case of cassava VC, the project is ensure land tenure security and technical assistance through the introduction of new technologies, in order to increase production and productivity for the 8,000 small farmers.
The study aims to assess the impact of land rights regularization on the cassava technology adoption in the 6 targeted districts under PROSUL, through:
i)Assess whether the regularization of land rights contributes the effective use of land for agricultural purposes towards promotion of cassava production;
ii)Assess the effectiveness of approaches adopted for the regularization of land rights;
iii)Analyse the contribution of land rights regularization in terms of strengthening land security for women;
iv)Assess the levels of technology adoption among rural households targeted by the land regularization activities.
Event: Annual World Bank Conference on Land and Poverty 2019
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