This document provides information about a workshop on the transformation of agri-food systems and commercialization of smallholder agriculture in Mozambique. The workshop aims to facilitate constructive debate between stakeholders and researchers to inform policy through presentations of recent research from IFPRI and MSU on the role of smallholder farms in development in Mozambique. The workshop agenda includes sessions on inputs and infrastructure, output prices and markets, agricultural technology and practices, and the policy process and institutions. Presentations will cover topics like public investment, prices, marketing, technology, the joint sector review process, and tracking agricultural expenditures. The goal is to disseminate empirical results and engage decision makers to address knowledge gaps and challenges in Mozambique's agricultural transformation

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A Workshop on:
The Transformation of Agri-food Systems and Commercialization of
Smallholder Agriculture in Mozambique:
Evidence, Challenges and Implications
Maputo, Mozambique
VIP Grand Hotel, December 9, 2013
Organized by:
Michigan State University
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
The Ministry of Agriculture
Ministério da Agricultura

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United States Agency for International Development (USAID)
Announcement and Objectives of the Workshop
The ongoing transformation in Mozambican agri-food systems has raised many research questions regarding
policies related to public investment in agriculture and the role of smallholder farms in growth and
development. Debate over this transformation has become particularly important with the introduction of
public investment commitments through CAADP/PEDSA and its potential impact on food security and growth in
Mozambique. This meeting serves as an opportunity for a constructive debate between agricultural
stakeholders, leaders, and researchers to more effectively allocate resources and achieve positive outcomes
through policy.
In order to shed light on the increasing participation of smallholder farms in agricultural markets as well as their
role in development, we would like to present recent research developments from the International Food and
Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) and Michigan State University (MSU). Their research arose as a collaboration
with the Mozambican government and is geared towards understanding the role of smallholder farms in
development and growth in Mozambique. While research based evidence is necessary to improve decision
making, achieving positive policy outcomes requires that we not only disseminate empirical results but also
properly and effectively engage decision makers in an exchange of ideas on both existing research and areas of
future interest in an effort to further diminish remaining knowledge gaps. A particularly important goal of this
meeting is to do just that while also highlighting Mozambique-specific challenges related to the ongoing
transformation of the agricultural sector and its impact on food channels in the country.
To increase the capacity of MSU and IFPRI to generate policy-relevant evidence and to increase the likelihood
that this evidence be used efficiently by decision-makers, presenters will share methods and approaches of their
study on the role of smallholder farms on development, including:
 Analyzing policy processes;
 Using research evidence to influence/engage with policy processes; and
 Evaluating the contribution of research to policy formulation and implementation.
This meeting has been organized by the Ministry of Agriculture’s Directorate of Economics in partnership with
IFPRI and MSU and will take place on December 9, 2013 in Maputo (VIP Grand Hotel) with representatives of the
entire agrarian sector. The workshop is entitled: Transformation of Agri-Food Systems and Commercialization of
Smallholder Agriculture: Evidence, Challenges, and Implications. Lunch will be provided to all participants.
However, we cannot provide participants with any travel cost reimbursement or other allowances.
Closer to the workshop date, a follow-up memo will be sent to all invitees to request a confirmation of
participation. However, if you know that you will or will not be able to attend, please inform us now. If you
would like someone to attend the workshop in your place, provide us with the name and contact email of the

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individual. You can communicate with us by e-mail at uaienera@anr.msu.edu (MSU) and j.rodrigues@cgiar.org
(IFPRI) or by telephone at +258 (82) 3173450 (MSU) and +1 (202) 627-4314 (IFPRI) or +258 (84) 8514499 (IFPRI).
Topics of research
1. Investment options for a sustainable agricultural growth
2. The joint sector review (JSR)
3. Science and technology indicators in Mozambique
4. Productivity and commercialization
5. Producers' Response to price changes
6. Land use
7. Public investments in food security and nutrition
8. Other critical themes relating to agriculture and food security
Draft Agenda
Start End Session and Agenda item Speaker / Chair Length
8:00 8:20 Registration 0:20
8:20 9:05 Session 1: Opening remarks
Chair: Rafael
Uaiene
0:45
Welcome, workshop overview, and MSU's work in
Mozambique
Rafael Uaiene 0:05
IFPRI's work in Mozambique Tewodaj Mogues 0:05
Opening remarks Xavier Preciado 0:05
Opening remarks and CAADP - Mozambique - State of
progress of the PNISA
Lucia Luciano 0:05
Keynote remarks Duncan Boughton 0:10
Open discussion / Q&A The floor 0:10
9:05 11:00 Session 2: Inputs, Services and Infrastructure
Chair: Tewodaj
Mogues
1:35
Optimizing public investment in rural Mozambique James Thurlow 0:20
Does agricultural training and female representation in
extension foster investments among farmers?
Valerie Mueller 0:20
Pesticide (in horticulture) Isabel Cachomba 0:20
ICT services and markets Alan de Brauw 0:20
Open discussion / Q&A The floor 0:15

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Start End Session and Agenda item Speaker / Chair Length
11:00 11:15 Morning tea break 0:15
11:15 12:50 Session 3: Output Prices and Markets
Chair: David
Mather
1:35
Analysis of staple food prices in Mozambique: To what
extent have prices risen after 2007/08?
David Mather 0:20
Effects of food crop marketing on agricultural productivity in
a high price environment:
Rui Benfica 0:20
Farmers' response to price environment
Benedito
Cunguara
0:20
Open discussion / Q&A The floor 0:15
12:50 13:50 Lunch 1:00
13:50 15:25 Session 4: Agricultural technology and practices
Chair: Todd
Benson
1:35
Agriculture Science and Technology Indicators (ASTI) for
Mozambique
Antonieta
Nhamusso
0:20
Conservation agriculture Bordalo Mouzinho 0:20
Spatial targeting and dynamic modeling framework for
supporting strategic investment decisions to scale-up
agricultural technologies in Mozambique
Cindy Cox 0:20
Horticulture farming Jennifer Cairns 0:20
Open discussion / Q&A The floor 0:15
15:25 15:40 Afternoon tea break 0:15
15:40 17:15 Session 5: Policy process and Institutions
Chair: Duncan
Boughton
1:15
Political economy determinants of public Investment in
Nutrition in Mozambique: Preliminary findings from a
qualitative empirical study
Tewodaj
Mogues/Lucy
Billings/Domingos
do Rosario
0:20
Joint Sector Review (JSR) process in Mozambique
Todd Benson /
Greenwell
Matchaya
0:20
Tracking agricultural public expenditures in Mozambique Tewodaj Mogues 0:10
Open discussion / Q&A The floor 0:15
17:15 17:30 Closing statements – IFPRI, MINAG, MSU, USAID 0:15