Comparative analysis of tomato value chain competitiveness in selected areas of Malawi and Mozambique

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Figure 1. Stages of the value chain.

Source: Tchale and Keyser (2010).

Table 1. Description of the smallholder and trader samples in the two countries

	Study countries
	Malawi	Mozambique
Tomato farmers	48	48
Tomato traders	9	2
Input suppliers	2	2

Table 2. Key variables used in the analysis

Variable	Malawi	Mozambique
Tomato yield (kg/ha)	890	950
Tomato price (farm-level) (US$/ton)^*	320.00	532.51
Tomato price (assembly-level) (US$/ton)	431.30	613.23
Average distance to tomato markets (km)	6.00	1.7

* Fresh tomato.

Table 3. Comparative indicators of value-chain performance in tomato (Malawi and Mozambique)

	Malawi (US$/ha)	Mozambique (US$/ha)
Gross revenue	284.80^**	503.22^**
Production costs
Variable costs	77.30	79.04
Estimated inv. cost	30.84	15.99
Gross margin	207.50^**	424.18^**
Net farm income	176.66^**	408.19^**

^** p < 0.05 significance at 5% level.

Table 4. Assembly-level comparative indicators of value-chain performance in tomato (Malawi and Mozambique)

	Malawi (US$/ton)	Mozambique (US$/ton)
Gross revenue	383.89*	579.50*
Production costs
Crop purchase	284.80	503.22
Variable costs	34.35	42.94
Estimated inv. cost	11.16	15.11
Gross margin	64.73	33.34
Net farm income	53.57^*	18.23*

* p < 0.10 significance at 10% level.

Figure 2. Domestic fresh tomato prices in Malawi and Mozambique (US$/ton).

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2010).

Table 5. Comparative indicators of tomato trade competitiveness (Malawi and Mozambique)

	Malawi (US$/ha)	Mozambique (US$/ha)
Domestic costs	262.42	502.31
Duties and tax	22.68	22.03
Additional expenses	–	–
Total DVA	285.09	524.34
Foreign costs	86.05	69.60
Total SV	371.14	593.94

Figure 3. Composition of farm-level costs for tomato production in Mozambique.

Figure 4. Composition of farm-level costs for tomato production in Malawi.

Tchale, H., & Keyser, J. (2010). Quantitative value chain analysis: An application to Malawi ( Policy Research Working Paper 5242). Washington, DC: The World Bank.

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. (2010). FAOSTAT database. Retrieved from http://faostat.fao.org/site/362/DesktopDefault.aspx?PageID=362

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