Are fertilizer subsidies in Malawi value for money?
It is easy enough to calculate how much the Government of Malawi spends on subsidizing chemical fertilizer. Last year, for example, this was MWK 120 billion (about US$ 150 million) taking up over 50% of the agricultural budget. It is much harder, however, to calculate the benefits that these subsidi...
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| author | De Weerdt, Joachim Duchoslav, Jan |
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| description | It is easy enough to calculate how much the Government of Malawi spends on subsidizing chemical fertilizer. Last year, for example, this was MWK 120 billion (about US$ 150 million) taking up over 50% of the agricultural budget. It is much harder, however, to calculate the benefits that these subsidies bring about and how they stack up against the costs. In this policy note, we combine multiple methods and sources of data to narrow down the range of possible benefit estimates, compare it to the cost of subsidies, and propose changes to current policies to make fertilizer subsidies more efficient and affordable. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1409112025-11-06T07:40:43Z Are fertilizer subsidies in Malawi value for money? De Weerdt, Joachim Duchoslav, Jan fertilizers policies farmers maize subsidies yields It is easy enough to calculate how much the Government of Malawi spends on subsidizing chemical fertilizer. Last year, for example, this was MWK 120 billion (about US$ 150 million) taking up over 50% of the agricultural budget. It is much harder, however, to calculate the benefits that these subsidies bring about and how they stack up against the costs. In this policy note, we combine multiple methods and sources of data to narrow down the range of possible benefit estimates, compare it to the cost of subsidies, and propose changes to current policies to make fertilizer subsidies more efficient and affordable. 2022-06-28 2024-04-12T13:36:52Z 2024-04-12T13:36:52Z Brief https://hdl.handle.net/10568/140911 en Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute De Weerdt, Joachim; and Duchoslav, Jan. 2022. Are fertilizer subsidies in Malawi value for money? MaSSP Policy Note 46. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). https://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.135960. |
| spellingShingle | fertilizers policies farmers maize subsidies yields De Weerdt, Joachim Duchoslav, Jan Are fertilizer subsidies in Malawi value for money? |
| title | Are fertilizer subsidies in Malawi value for money? |
| title_full | Are fertilizer subsidies in Malawi value for money? |
| title_fullStr | Are fertilizer subsidies in Malawi value for money? |
| title_full_unstemmed | Are fertilizer subsidies in Malawi value for money? |
| title_short | Are fertilizer subsidies in Malawi value for money? |
| title_sort | are fertilizer subsidies in malawi value for money |
| topic | fertilizers policies farmers maize subsidies yields |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/140911 |
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