Estimation and characterization of bean seed demand in Angonia district of Mozambique

cg.authorship.typesCGIAR and advanced research instituteen
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Center for Tropical Agricultureen
cg.contributor.affiliationDepartment of Agricultural Research Services, Malawien
cg.contributor.affiliationInstituto de Investigação Agrária de Moçambiqueen
cg.contributor.crpAgriculture for Nutrition and Health
cg.contributor.crpGrain Legumes and Dryland Cereals
cg.coverage.countryMozambique
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2MZ
cg.coverage.regionAfrica
cg.coverage.regionEastern Africa
cg.reviewStatusInternal Reviewen
cg.subject.alliancebiovciatBEANSen
cg.subject.impactAreaClimate adaptation and mitigation
cg.subject.impactAreaGender equality, youth and social inclusion
cg.subject.impactAreaNutrition, health and food security
cg.subject.sdgSDG 1 - No povertyen
cg.subject.sdgSDG 2 - Zero hungeren
cg.subject.sdgSDG 3 - Good health and well-beingen
cg.subject.sdgSDG 9 - Industry, innovation and infrastructureen
cg.subject.sdgSDG 12 - Responsible consumption and productionen
dc.contributor.authorMaereka, Enock Kuziwaen
dc.contributor.authorMakate, C.en
dc.contributor.authorChataika, B.Y.en
dc.contributor.authorMango, Nelsonen
dc.contributor.authorZulu, Rodah M.en
dc.contributor.authorMunthali, G.en
dc.contributor.authorAmane, M.I.en
dc.contributor.authorChirwa, R.M.en
dc.date.accessioned2022-01-18T13:27:47Zen
dc.date.available2022-01-18T13:27:47Zen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/117574
dc.titleEstimation and characterization of bean seed demand in Angonia district of Mozambiqueen
dcterms.abstractThis report highlights findings of a study that was carried out to characterize and estimate the demand for common bean seed in Angonia District of Tete Province in Mozambique. The study gathered information on the area planted to the common bean annually, engaged key informants and surveyed of 332 households in eight Localidades between April and May 2015. According to the study, 99.7 % heads of households depend on agriculture as the main occupation; working on average family farm size of 1.4 ha, often augmented with 0.06 ha available through leasing annually. In addition to family-owned farms, husbands and wives solely own 30% and 26% respectively. The main crops grown in Angonia District in descending order of prevalence, were maize (97%) common bean (94%), soybean (59%) and groundnut (45%). Other crops grown included Irish potato, cowpea and tobacco. The common bean has a long history of cultivation in the district; mean bean production experience of participating farmers was 16 years.en
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Access
dcterms.audienceScientistsen
dcterms.bibliographicCitationMaereka, E.K.; Makate, C.; Chataika, B.Y.; Mango, N.; Zulu, R.M.; Munthali, G.; Amane, M.I.; Chirwa, R.M. (2015) Estimation and characterization of bean seed demand in Angonia district of Mozambique. 50 p.en
dcterms.extent50 p.en
dcterms.issued2015
dcterms.languageen
dcterms.licenseCC-BY-4.0
dcterms.subjectmarket researchen
dcterms.subjectseed systemsen
dcterms.subjectseedling productionen
dcterms.subjectinvestigación de mercadosen
dcterms.subjectsistemas de semillasen
dcterms.subjectproducción de plántulasen
dcterms.typeReport

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