Revisiting agricultural input and farm support subsidies in Africa: The case of Ghana’s mechanization, fertilizer, block farms, and marketing programs
Use of agricultural input and farm support subsidies in Africa has returned strongly to the development agenda, particularly following the recent high food and input prices crisis. Many of the donors who opposed them in the past and subsequently put pressure to discontinue them due to their high cos...
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| author | Benin, Samuel Johnson, Michael E. Abokyi, Emmanuel Ahorbo, Gerald Jimah, Kipo Nasser, Gamel Owusu, Victor Taabazuing, Joe Tenga, Albert |
| author_browse | Abokyi, Emmanuel Ahorbo, Gerald Benin, Samuel Jimah, Kipo Johnson, Michael E. Nasser, Gamel Owusu, Victor Taabazuing, Joe Tenga, Albert |
| author_facet | Benin, Samuel Johnson, Michael E. Abokyi, Emmanuel Ahorbo, Gerald Jimah, Kipo Nasser, Gamel Owusu, Victor Taabazuing, Joe Tenga, Albert |
| author_sort | Benin, Samuel |
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| description | Use of agricultural input and farm support subsidies in Africa has returned strongly to the development agenda, particularly following the recent high food and input prices crisis. Many of the donors who opposed them in the past and subsequently put pressure to discontinue them due to their high cost and distortionary effect on the domestic economy are now providing aid in the form of farm support and agricultural subsidies. In Ghana, for example, the country of study in this paper, the government has since 2007 introduced four major subsidy and support programs on fertilizer, mechanization, block farms, and marketing. Therefore, a key question that arises is how the structure and policies of these current programs account for any of the general lessons and controversies experienced in the past and, in the process, achieve their intended goals in a more effective and economically viable manner. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1536452025-11-06T05:02:37Z Revisiting agricultural input and farm support subsidies in Africa: The case of Ghana’s mechanization, fertilizer, block farms, and marketing programs Benin, Samuel Johnson, Michael E. Abokyi, Emmanuel Ahorbo, Gerald Jimah, Kipo Nasser, Gamel Owusu, Victor Taabazuing, Joe Tenga, Albert farm inputs buffer stocks subsidies fertilizers mechanization marketing Use of agricultural input and farm support subsidies in Africa has returned strongly to the development agenda, particularly following the recent high food and input prices crisis. Many of the donors who opposed them in the past and subsequently put pressure to discontinue them due to their high cost and distortionary effect on the domestic economy are now providing aid in the form of farm support and agricultural subsidies. In Ghana, for example, the country of study in this paper, the government has since 2007 introduced four major subsidy and support programs on fertilizer, mechanization, block farms, and marketing. Therefore, a key question that arises is how the structure and policies of these current programs account for any of the general lessons and controversies experienced in the past and, in the process, achieve their intended goals in a more effective and economically viable manner. 2013 2024-10-01T13:57:00Z 2024-10-01T13:57:00Z Working Paper https://hdl.handle.net/10568/153645 en Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Benin, Samuel; Johnson, Michael E.; Abokyi, Emmanuel; Ahorbo, Gerald; Jimah, Kipo; Nasser, Gamel; Owusu, Victor; Taabazuing, Joe and Tenga, Albert. 2013. Revisiting agricultural input and farm support subsidies in Africa: The case of Ghana’s mechanization, fertilizer, block farms, and marketing programs. IFPRI Discussion Paper 1300. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). https://hdl.handle.net/10568/153645 |
| spellingShingle | farm inputs buffer stocks subsidies fertilizers mechanization marketing Benin, Samuel Johnson, Michael E. Abokyi, Emmanuel Ahorbo, Gerald Jimah, Kipo Nasser, Gamel Owusu, Victor Taabazuing, Joe Tenga, Albert Revisiting agricultural input and farm support subsidies in Africa: The case of Ghana’s mechanization, fertilizer, block farms, and marketing programs |
| title | Revisiting agricultural input and farm support subsidies in Africa: The case of Ghana’s mechanization, fertilizer, block farms, and marketing programs |
| title_full | Revisiting agricultural input and farm support subsidies in Africa: The case of Ghana’s mechanization, fertilizer, block farms, and marketing programs |
| title_fullStr | Revisiting agricultural input and farm support subsidies in Africa: The case of Ghana’s mechanization, fertilizer, block farms, and marketing programs |
| title_full_unstemmed | Revisiting agricultural input and farm support subsidies in Africa: The case of Ghana’s mechanization, fertilizer, block farms, and marketing programs |
| title_short | Revisiting agricultural input and farm support subsidies in Africa: The case of Ghana’s mechanization, fertilizer, block farms, and marketing programs |
| title_sort | revisiting agricultural input and farm support subsidies in africa the case of ghana s mechanization fertilizer block farms and marketing programs |
| topic | farm inputs buffer stocks subsidies fertilizers mechanization marketing |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/153645 |
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