Recent evidence on input subsidy programs in Africa: Highlights from a spcial issue of Agricultural Economics
Input Subsidy Programs (ISPs) have made a big comeback in Africa. Introduced by donors in the early 1970s, ISPs were meant to help smallholder farmers invest in fertilizer and improved seed varieties, overcome limited access to input markets, and ultimately increase crop production. The programs wer...
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| description | Input Subsidy Programs (ISPs) have made a big comeback in Africa. Introduced by donors in the early 1970s, ISPs were meant to help smallholder farmers invest in fertilizer and improved seed varieties, overcome limited access to input markets, and ultimately increase crop production. The programs were poorly managed, however, and were largely eliminated in the 1980s and early 1990s under structural adjustment programs. They resurfaced in the mid-2000s and on a much grander scale. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1536972025-11-06T06:06:34Z Recent evidence on input subsidy programs in Africa: Highlights from a spcial issue of Agricultural Economics International Food Policy Research Institute subsidies agricultural policies agriculture Input Subsidy Programs (ISPs) have made a big comeback in Africa. Introduced by donors in the early 1970s, ISPs were meant to help smallholder farmers invest in fertilizer and improved seed varieties, overcome limited access to input markets, and ultimately increase crop production. The programs were poorly managed, however, and were largely eliminated in the 1980s and early 1990s under structural adjustment programs. They resurfaced in the mid-2000s and on a much grander scale. 2013 2024-10-01T13:57:12Z 2024-10-01T13:57:12Z Brochure https://hdl.handle.net/10568/153697 en Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute International Food Policy Research Institute 2013. Recent evidence on input subsidy programs in Africa: Highlights from a spcial issue of Agricultural Economics. https://hdl.handle.net/10568/153697 |
| spellingShingle | subsidies agricultural policies agriculture International Food Policy Research Institute Recent evidence on input subsidy programs in Africa: Highlights from a spcial issue of Agricultural Economics |
| title | Recent evidence on input subsidy programs in Africa: Highlights from a spcial issue of Agricultural Economics |
| title_full | Recent evidence on input subsidy programs in Africa: Highlights from a spcial issue of Agricultural Economics |
| title_fullStr | Recent evidence on input subsidy programs in Africa: Highlights from a spcial issue of Agricultural Economics |
| title_full_unstemmed | Recent evidence on input subsidy programs in Africa: Highlights from a spcial issue of Agricultural Economics |
| title_short | Recent evidence on input subsidy programs in Africa: Highlights from a spcial issue of Agricultural Economics |
| title_sort | recent evidence on input subsidy programs in africa highlights from a spcial issue of agricultural economics |
| topic | subsidies agricultural policies agriculture |
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