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Abstract
Production potential in Mozambique, based on the reliability of rainfall and fertility
of soils, is much greater north of the Zambezi than south of it. This fact is reflected in the
regularly higher yields obtained in the central and northern regions of the country than in the
south, despite all three regions primarily using production systems with no purchased inputs;
and by the fact that central Zambezia and areas north of it were little affected by the 1992
drought, which devastated the rest of the country and the Southern African region as a whole.
Nonetheless, this agro-climatically favored zone also suffers from geographical and
infrastructural characteristics which to date have made it very difficult for the region to
develop its production potential.