Inclusive business models in agriculture? Learning from smallholder cane growers in Mozambique

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dc.contributor.authorSulle, Emmanuel
dc.contributor.authorHall, Ruth
dc.contributor.authorParadza, Gaynor
dc.date.accessioned2019-03-07T10:25:45Z
dc.date.available2019-03-07T10:25:45Z
dc.date.issued2014
dc.description.abstractAmidst the increasing corporate investment in African farmland the term ‘inclusive business model’ has become a catchphrase touted as an opportunity for incorporating smallholder farmers alongside large-scale commercial farming projects. Inclusive business models require an enabling institutional and regulatory framework. Such frameworks now exist at the international level: the African Union Framework and Guidelines on Land Policy in Africa and FAO Voluntary Guidelines on Responsible Governance on the Tenure of Land, Fisheries and Forest in the Context of National Food Security provide a starting point. If translated and implemented, these guidelines can help develop transparent and accountable mechanisms that enable and strengthen the participation of smallholder farmers in the process of commercialisation, such as in the sugar industry in Mozambique. To enable equitable partnerships between corporate investors and small-scale farmers, governments need to prioritise public investment in agriculture, including research and development, that helps smallholder farmers increase and diversify their agricultural produce. Smallholders’ access to, ownership of and control over land and other resources should be secured. Based on our analysis of current large-scale sugar estates and milling companies, as well as smallholder involvement as outgrowers in the Mozambican sugar industry, this policy brief interrogates policy and suggests mechanisms for enabling and strengthening smallholder farmers’ participation in and securing returns from large scale investments.en_US
dc.identifier.citationSulle, E., Hall, R. & Paradza, G., 2014. Inclusive business models in agriculture? Learning from smallholder cane growers in Mozambique. Cape Town: Institute for Poverty Land and Agrarian Studies (PLAAS).en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10566/4391
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherInstitute for Poverty Land and Agrarian Studies (PLAAS)en_US
dc.relation.ispartofseriesFAC Policy Brief;66
dc.subjectBusiness modelsen_US
dc.subjectAgricultureen_US
dc.subjectAfricaen_US
dc.subjectInclusive business modelen_US
dc.subjectMozambiqueen_US
dc.titleInclusive business models in agriculture? Learning from smallholder cane growers in Mozambiqueen_US
dc.typeOtheren_US

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