Abstract
This paper is about the ProSAVANA Programme, a trilateral cooperation project between Japan, Brazil and, Mozambique. ProSAVANA Programme goal is to develop the agriculture sector in the Nacala Corridor and it has been controversial due to conflicts among government, private corporations, and civil society organizations. Private investments were expected to occur in the Nacala Corridor, mainly from Brazilian agribusiness, however, Brazilian private investments in Mozambique’s agriculture sector have been in a stagnant state in the period 2007-2017.The paper examines the status of the ProSAVANA Programme and what are the difficulties to Brazilian agribusiness invest to Mozambique. Current challenges of the programme were found as follows: (1) high risk of investment due to non-existent public subsidies to small, medium and large-scale agribusiness; (2) “land property” law bureaucracy; and (3) civil society mobilization against ProSAVANA. All they are key factors to repel Brazilian agribusinesses. Como citar este artigo:KOBASHIKAWA, Tamy Yukie. Brazilian agribusiness in Mozambique: the ProSAVANA Programme case study. Revista NERA, v. 23, n. 51, p. 345-365, jan.-abr., 2020.
Highlights
Brazil is one of the largest food suppliers in the world and has developed technology for tropical areas in an export-led model
In the ProSAVANA Program, it was expected that Brazil and Japan would provide subsidies to Brazilian farmers invest in the Nacala Corridor, which motivated several Brazilian entrepreneurs to visit Mozambique, as presented by Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA)’s release (2011 and 2012)
This paper investigated about ProSAVANA Program challenges to attract Brazilian large-scale farmers
Summary
Brazil is one of the largest food suppliers in the world and has developed technology for tropical areas in an export-led model. Japan, and Mozambique designed a threefold program called Program for Triangulated Cooperation for Agricultural Development of the Tropical Savannahs of Mozambique (ProSAVANA) to develop the agriculture sector in the Nacala Corridor. Because of Brazilian investments in Moatize mining coal and the ProSAVANA, it was expected significant private investments in the Nacala Corridor, especially from Brazilian agribusiness. The purpose of this research is to understand the reasons for the failure to attract Brazilian agribusiness to Mozambique. “The region of Nacala Corridor, considered in ProSAVANA, is the area between the parallels 13oS to 17oS, covering the Provinces of Cabo Delgado, Nampula, Zambézia, Niassa and Tete. Brazilian and Japanese private companies invest in mega projects enterprises in the Nacala Corridor to explore coal in the region.
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