Policy options for smart subsidies in Malawi
Input subsidy programs, through which farmers receive fertilizer (and in some cases seed) at below-market prices, were popular in many African countries in the post-independence era. They were largely phased out during the 1990s, however, because the emerging consensus at that time was that they onl...
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| author | Chadza, William Duchoslav, Jan |
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| description | Input subsidy programs, through which farmers receive fertilizer (and in some cases seed) at below-market prices, were popular in many African countries in the post-independence era. They were largely phased out during the 1990s, however, because the emerging consensus at that time was that they only weakly contributed to agricultural productivity growth, food security, and poverty reduction goals and imposed major burdens on national treasuries that crowded out other important public expenditures to support agricultural development. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1409472024-10-25T07:55:23Z Policy options for smart subsidies in Malawi Chadza, William Duchoslav, Jan support measures fertilizers policies farm inputs smallholders productivity subsidies cash transfers Input subsidy programs, through which farmers receive fertilizer (and in some cases seed) at below-market prices, were popular in many African countries in the post-independence era. They were largely phased out during the 1990s, however, because the emerging consensus at that time was that they only weakly contributed to agricultural productivity growth, food security, and poverty reduction goals and imposed major burdens on national treasuries that crowded out other important public expenditures to support agricultural development. 2022-01-31 2024-04-12T13:36:56Z 2024-04-12T13:36:56Z Brief https://hdl.handle.net/10568/140947 en Open Access MwAPATA Institute Chadza, William; and Duchoslav, Jan. 2022. Policy options for smart subsidies in Malawi. MwAPATA Policy Research Brief No. 13. Lilongwe, Malawi: MwAPATA Institute. https://www.mwapata.mw/_files/ugd/dd6c2f_23dae5d56b304d1eb578d6733212b40b.pdf |
| spellingShingle | support measures fertilizers policies farm inputs smallholders productivity subsidies cash transfers Chadza, William Duchoslav, Jan Policy options for smart subsidies in Malawi |
| title | Policy options for smart subsidies in Malawi |
| title_full | Policy options for smart subsidies in Malawi |
| title_fullStr | Policy options for smart subsidies in Malawi |
| title_full_unstemmed | Policy options for smart subsidies in Malawi |
| title_short | Policy options for smart subsidies in Malawi |
| title_sort | policy options for smart subsidies in malawi |
| topic | support measures fertilizers policies farm inputs smallholders productivity subsidies cash transfers |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/140947 |
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