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Agriculture and Rural Development Highlights from Day 1 High-level Seminar for Policy Makers:

Agriculture and Rural Development Highlights from Day 1 High-level Seminar for Policy Makers: Broad-based Development through Economic Transformation and Job Creation 9-11 February 2011 Maputo, Mozambique. Program outline.

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Agriculture and Rural Development Highlights from Day 1 High-level Seminar for Policy Makers:

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  1. Agriculture and Rural Development Highlights from Day 1 High-level Seminar for Policy Makers: Broad-based Development through Economic Transformation and Job Creation 9-11 February 2011 Maputo, Mozambique

  2. Program outline • Role of agriculture in economic development;Role of agriculture in Mozambique • Success stories: Brazil and China • Use of value chain analysis to determine potential competitiveness of agriculture • Selected key topics: Technology and land • Wrap-up

  3. Role of agriculture Mozambique

  4. Key messages Agricultural development is important and cannot be “skipped”! A number of countries with agro-climatic circumstances and factor endowments similar to Mozambique have succeeded in getting agriculture going. Common aspects of their experiences: • Clear long-term vision of where agriculture is headed • Workable strategy for getting there, based on empirical evidence • Full engagement of key actors (many ministries, private sector) • Strong political will and sustained commitment • Resources • Accountability

  5. Relevance for Mozambique What must be the key elements of a long-term vision for agricultural development in Mozambique? • High rate of productivity growth • Employment intensive • Generator of export revenues Initial emphasis on food staples

  6. Key question for policy makers What are the high-payoff opportunities for stimulating high rate of employment-intensive productivity growth? Critical elements: • Research and development

  7. Key question for policy makers What are the high-payoff opportunities for stimulating high rate of employment-intensive productivity growth? Critical elements: • Research and development • Technology transfer

  8. Key question for policy makers What are the high-payoff opportunities for stimulating high rate of employment-intensive productivity growth? Critical elements: • Research and development • Technology transfer • Human capital 2,500 BS MS PhD 2,000 1,500 1,000 500 0 1974 1980 1990 2000 2010 EMBRAPA research staff

  9. Key question for policy makers What are the high-payoff opportunities for stimulating high rate of employment-intensive productivity growth? Critical elements: • Research and development • Technology transfer • Human capital • Property rights (land)

  10. Key question for policy makers What are the high-payoff opportunities for stimulating high rate of employment-intensive productivity growth? Critical elements: • Research and development • Technology transfer • Human capital • Property rights (land) • Infrastructure (roads, power)

  11. Key question for policy makers What are the high-payoff opportunities for stimulating high rate of employment-intensive productivity growth? Critical elements: • Research and development • Technology transfer • Human capital • Property rights (land) • Infrastructure (roads, power) • Mechanization

  12. Key question for policy makers What are the high-payoff opportunities for stimulating high rate of employment-intensive productivity growth? Critical elements: • Research and development • Technology transfer • Human capital • Property rights (land) • Infrastructure (roads, power) • Rural finance • Price incentives

  13. Relevance for Mozambique What must be the key elements of a long-term vision for agricultural development in Mozambique? • High rate of productivity growth • Employment intensive • Generator of export revenues

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