Efeito do cultivo e comercialização de culturas de rendimento sobre a segurança alimentar: sinergias ou trade-off? evidência do Distrito de Memba

Abstract

Agricultural diversification through the cultivation of food and cash crops, as well as its implications for food security, has been the subject of debate in the field of agrarian economics. This paper examines three potential transmission mechanisms through which the practice of cash crops can bring synergies to the food security of farmers: (i) when the production of cash crops allows farmers, through development programs, to obtain inputs for use in the production of cash and food crops; (ii) when the production of cash crops provides farmers with additional income that enhances their economic access to the food market; and (iii) when the income generated from the commercialization of cash crops allows for the purchase of inputs and, therefore, to increase productivity in the production of food crops. Using statistical and econometric procedures, these synergies were found in the district of Memba between farmers who produce sesame, suggesting the existence of synergies between sesame cultivation and food security. (TRADUÇÃO NOSSA)