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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Autores principales: Chadza, William, Duchoslav, Jan
Formato: Brief
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: MwAPATA Institute 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/140947
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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
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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
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