If Malawi’s fertilizer subsidy program aims to increase food security in the country, it should strive to target the most productive farmers. Subsidy levels can be set to self-target this group of farmers. This would maximize output achieved with subsidized fertilizer and eliminate the need for costly and error-prone top-down targeting. Authors: Chimwemwe Banda, Joachim […]
Policy Note 47: Pricing Farmer Contributions under AIP
The government can set the farmer contribution to fertilizer subsidized through the Affordable Input Programme (AIP) so that farmer demand for the commodity matches available supplies under the program. For any given budget dedicated to subsidizing fertilizer, this approach will maximize food security gains through two distinct channels. First, it will maximize the total amount […]
ANH Academy Call for Abstracts
The ANH Academy with co-hosts Lilongwe University of Agriculture and Natural Resources (LUANAR) invites the submission of abstracts for the Research Conference on the nexus of agriculture and food systems, nutrition and health. We welcome abstracts from all relevant disciplines, including but not limited to economics, nutrition, public health, epidemiology, environmental and climate sciences, agronomy, social and […]
IFPRI Blog: Can Conditional Cash Transfers Boost Trust Within Communities? In Tanzania, they did
When we began working with the government of Tanzania to evaluate a pilot conditional cash transfer program, we heard similar concerns from policymakers: Would cash transfers provided by the state erode informal safety nets? After several years of evaluation, the answer appears to be no.
Virtual Event: Market Access and Quality Upgrading: Evidence from Four Field Experiments.
Abstract: Smallholder farming in many developing countries is characterized by low productivity and low-quality output. Low quality limits the price farmers can command and their potential income. We conduct a series of experiments among maize farmers in Uganda to shed light on the barriers to quality upgrading and to study its potential. We find that […]
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