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Mozambique

Mozambique Rapid Market Assessment, June 2018

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1 Executive Summary

Mozambique is a country prone to natural disasters, most markedly floods, cyclones, pest and disease outbreaks and frequent droughts. These regularly exacerbate the underlying poverty and food security situation and cause major damage and set back economic growth in disaster-affected areas. Meteorological records show that flooding and cyclones usually occur during the rainy season between the October and April.

The overall purpose of the rapid market assessment was to provide market analysis that would contribute towards advocacy on the feasibility of humanitarian cash-based responses with the government; support contingency planning; and inform assistance modality decisions in the rural areas where COSACA operates.

The assessment objective was to provide evidence as to whether the markets for selected commodities and/or services could supply sufficient cross sector goods and services to crisis-prone populations in terms of quantity and quality. The rationale used for critical market commodity selection is included in Methodological Section 4 and Annexes 7 & 8)

Markets, districts and crisis scenarios chosen for assessment:

COSACA requested a pre-crisis market Assessment (PCMA) and the market assessment team adapted the PCMA methodology to a rapid approach drawing on tools from the Emergency Market Mapping and Analysis (EMMA) and the WFP Trader Survey that would fit the limited time and resources available. Fieldwork was conducted in the five districts of Mozambique selected by COSACA, shown in red on the accompanying map, between the 18th and 31st of May 2018. The market assessment team consulted 23 national stakeholders in Maputo as well as visiting 26 markets, conducted 94 semi structured interviews with traders, market chiefs and local authorities. The team held 14 Focus Group Discussions (FGD) and undertook 18 individual household (HH) interviews