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AgricultureandFoodGlobalPractice

July2024

PolicyResearchWorkingPaper10862

Abstract

Withabout80percentofpoorhouseholdsinTimor-Lesteandassessesthedriversofandconstraintstoincreasingagri-

dependentonagriculturefortheirlivelihood,itiswidelyculturalproductivityinthecountry.Thefindingsshowthat

acknowledgedthatgrowthintheagriculturesectorisanimprovementsinagriculturalproductivityreducetheprob-

importantchannelforpovertyreductioninthecountry.abilityofbeingpooramongagriculturalhouseholds.The

Thatnotwithstanding,thecountry’sagriculturalproductionpaperalsofindsthatforagriculturalproductivitytoincrease,

systemisoneoftheleastdevelopedintheworld,withthethefollowingfactorsshouldbeconsidered:facilitationof

sector’sproductivitybeingwellbelowthatofothersmallfarmmechanization,improvementintheuseofchemical

islanddevelopingstatesandbelowtheaverageforother(fertilizer,pesticides,andherbicides)inputs,enhancement

low-incomestates.Usingdatafromthe2007and2014