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Facilitating Smallholder Farmers’ Market Access

In the OIC Member Countries

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Food and agricultural exports constitute about 21 percent of national merchandise

exports, and the composition of agricultural trade has changed substantially since the

early 1990s

(Table 5)

. Imports of wheat and vegetable oils (palm and soybean oil) have

grown significantly, while maize imports declined after domestic maize production

increased. The export base has diversified well beyond the relatively narrow range of

commodities exported in the early 1990s. Today, tobacco and sugar are the largest

agricultural exports, followed by sesame seeds, cotton lint, and cashews.

TABLE 5: MOZAMBIQUE’S TOP IMPORTS AND EXPORTS BY VALUE (2005 US$ THOUSANDS)

Source:

Authors’ calculations, based on FAOSTAT (FAO 2014) and World Development Indicators (World Bank

2014h).

Note:

* denotes that data were not available for all years.

FIGURE 12: DAILY PER CAPITA CONSUMPTION OF CALORIES IN MOZAMBIQUE,

1980–2009

Source:

FAOSTAT (FAO 2014).

Imports

Average

(1989–91)

Average

(2009–11)

Exports

Average

(1989–91)

Average

(2009–11)

Wheat

30,048

101,348

Tobacco, unmanufactured

n/a

167,204

Oil, palm

24,714

48,387

Sugar, raw centrifugal

7,642

86,450

Food prep nes

n/a

42,967

Sesame seed

n/a

34,287

Sugar, refined

21,589

41,179

Cotton lint

8,300

30,640

Oil, soybean

3,349

30,905

Cashew nuts, shelled

16,781

18,533

Maize

69,241

24,659

Flour, wheat

n/a

12,418

Cake, soybeans

n/a

20,077

Molasses

20*

10,745

Meat, chicken

1,535

18,969

Bananas

50*

8,272

Tobacco,

unmanufactured

1,259

17,940

Sugar, refined

n/a

5,467

Sugar confectionery

n/a

13,509

Groundnuts, shelled

190

4,190

Wine

4,309

13,388

Cottonseed

n/a

3,486

Cigarettes

n/a

11,512

Maize

n/a

3,134