Mozambique. Human Capacity Building Assessment Agriculture Sector

摘要

Mozambique, a country of 800,000 square kilometers has an estimated population of just over 17 million largely agrarian inhabitants. Though desperately poor, it remains a focus of the international donor community who supports the efforts of a nascent democracy attempting to reorient its systems and institutions toward the free market after years of socialism and civil war. Its geographic location in the southeastern corner of Africa combined with its history and potential for continued economic growth make it a focus country in the President's Initiative to End Hunger in Africa (IEHA). USAID's own strategic plan identifies activities to promote advances in the agriculture sector. This report covers the work of a joint USAID and BIFAD team convened to conduct an agriculture sector human capacity assessment.. Findings were based on extensive interviews and meetings with stakeholders from the public and private sectors in agriculture, visits to institutions, agribusinesses meetings with stakeholder groups, and information from numerous recent reports. The following report provides a discussion of the major constraints found in the agriculture (rural) sector, suggestions as to probable causes of the problems and, finally, recommendations for a long-term capacity building program involving technical and academic interventions.