Improving the targeting of fertilizer subsidy programs in Africa south of the Sahara: Perspectives from the Ghanaian experience
This paper assesses whether fertilizer subsidy programs can be better targeted to resource-poor farmers using the case of Ghana and proxy means test approaches. Past fertilizer subsidy programs in the country have not been particularly targeted to the poor, even as targeting poor and smallholder far...
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| author | Houssou, Nazaire Asante-Addo, Collins Andam, Kwaw S. |
| author_browse | Andam, Kwaw S. Asante-Addo, Collins Houssou, Nazaire |
| author_facet | Houssou, Nazaire Asante-Addo, Collins Andam, Kwaw S. |
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| description | This paper assesses whether fertilizer subsidy programs can be better targeted to resource-poor farmers using the case of Ghana and proxy means test approaches. Past fertilizer subsidy programs in the country have not been particularly targeted to the poor, even as targeting poor and smallholder farmers has become key in the program implementation guidelines. As a result, many poor farmers have not benefited from past programs. Our results show that targeting approaches based on proxy means tests that use the correlates of poverty to select beneficiary farmers can potentially improve the poverty outreach and costeffectiveness of Ghana’s fertilizer subsidy programs. Therefore, we propose that the proxy means test approach should be considered for implementing Ghana’s fertilizer subsidy programs, first in a pilot project involving a few communities, and later, if found successful, in a full-scale program. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1478592025-11-06T05:17:49Z Improving the targeting of fertilizer subsidy programs in Africa south of the Sahara: Perspectives from the Ghanaian experience Houssou, Nazaire Asante-Addo, Collins Andam, Kwaw S. fertilizers inputs resources farmers farm inputs smallholders targeting subsidies poverty This paper assesses whether fertilizer subsidy programs can be better targeted to resource-poor farmers using the case of Ghana and proxy means test approaches. Past fertilizer subsidy programs in the country have not been particularly targeted to the poor, even as targeting poor and smallholder farmers has become key in the program implementation guidelines. As a result, many poor farmers have not benefited from past programs. Our results show that targeting approaches based on proxy means tests that use the correlates of poverty to select beneficiary farmers can potentially improve the poverty outreach and costeffectiveness of Ghana’s fertilizer subsidy programs. Therefore, we propose that the proxy means test approach should be considered for implementing Ghana’s fertilizer subsidy programs, first in a pilot project involving a few communities, and later, if found successful, in a full-scale program. 2017 2024-06-21T09:23:25Z 2024-06-21T09:23:25Z Working Paper https://hdl.handle.net/10568/147859 en https://hdl.handle.net/10568/147947 https://hdl.handle.net/10568/147616 Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Houssou, Nazaire; Asante-Addo, Collins; and Andam, Kwaw S. 2017. Improving the targeting of fertilizer subsidy programs in Africa south of the Sahara: Perspectives from the Ghanaian experience. IFPRI Discussion Paper 1622. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). https://hdl.handle.net/10568/147859 |
| spellingShingle | fertilizers inputs resources farmers farm inputs smallholders targeting subsidies poverty Houssou, Nazaire Asante-Addo, Collins Andam, Kwaw S. Improving the targeting of fertilizer subsidy programs in Africa south of the Sahara: Perspectives from the Ghanaian experience |
| title | Improving the targeting of fertilizer subsidy programs in Africa south of the Sahara: Perspectives from the Ghanaian experience |
| title_full | Improving the targeting of fertilizer subsidy programs in Africa south of the Sahara: Perspectives from the Ghanaian experience |
| title_fullStr | Improving the targeting of fertilizer subsidy programs in Africa south of the Sahara: Perspectives from the Ghanaian experience |
| title_full_unstemmed | Improving the targeting of fertilizer subsidy programs in Africa south of the Sahara: Perspectives from the Ghanaian experience |
| title_short | Improving the targeting of fertilizer subsidy programs in Africa south of the Sahara: Perspectives from the Ghanaian experience |
| title_sort | improving the targeting of fertilizer subsidy programs in africa south of the sahara perspectives from the ghanaian experience |
| topic | fertilizers inputs resources farmers farm inputs smallholders targeting subsidies poverty |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/147859 |
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