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Agricultural Input Subsidies: the recent Malawi experience
Kategorie	Beschreibung
036a	XA-GB
037b	eng
087q	978-0-19-968352-9
100	Chirwa, Ephraim Wadonda
104a	Dorward, Andrew
331	Agricultural Input Subsidies
335	the recent Malawi experience
410	Oxford
412	Oxford Univ. Press
425	2013
425a	2013
433	XVI, 298 S.
501	Includes bibliographical references and index
501	Zielgruppe - Audience: Specialized
527	Erscheint auch als (Druck-Ausgabe)ISBN: 978-0-19-968352-9
540a	ISBN 978-0-19-968352-9
700	\|RF03.14
700	\|SH06.01
700b	\|338.186897
700c	\|HD2133.5.Z8
750	This title provides a detailed, comprehensive, and objective analysis of Malawi's agricultural input subsidy programme, its history, implementation, achievements, and shortcomings.
753	Agricultural input subsidies were a major feature of development policies in rural economies until the 1980s. Continuing rural poverty with low productivity and fertilizer use in smallholder staple crops has led to their resurgence in Africa. These subsidies are, however, controversial with claims of both large food security benefits and unsustainable, inefficient resource use. This book reviews current theory and evidence on the strengths and weaknesses of these programmes and the effects of programme context, design, and implementation. Theoretical arguments for agricultural subsidies are based on input promotion where farmers’ private costs (benefits) are higher (lower) than wider economic costs (benefits). These arguments, and concerns about inefficiency and diversion, are reviewed and extended to consider input affordability constraints and ‘smart’ rationing and targeting. Recent programmes in Africa have a variety of generally producer-focused objectives, with varied implementation and programme outcomes. Most pay little attention to consumer interests and potential contributions to wider growth. A detailed examination of Malawi’s controversial agricultural input subsidy programme follows. Drawing on a wide range of information sources, the political and agro-economic contexts of the programme are examined, with evidence on its implementation and impacts from 2005 to 2011. Positive impacts are recorded on beneficiaries’ production, incomes, food consumption, school enrolment, child health, and reduced need for earnings from undertaking casual labour for others. There is evidence of indirect economy-wide impacts, but this is not as strong as might be expected. Targeting and graduation are identified as critically important issues requiring continuing attention
902g	20919409X Malawi
902s	209006692 Landwirtschaft
902s	208909966 Entwicklungshilfe
902s	209125837 Subvention
902s	208902368 Düngung
902s	209629541 Düngemittel
902s	209091460 Saatgut
902s	209030682 Melioration
902s	209006757 Landwirtschaftliche Nutzfläche
902s	20916459X Wirtschaftsentwicklung
902s	208839348 Agrarpolitik
902s	213083523 Aktionsplan
012	401149838
081	Chirwa, Ephraim Wadonda: Agricultural Input Subsidies
100	E-Book Oxford EBS
125a	Elektronischer Volltext - Campuslizenz
655e	$uhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199683529.001.0001