From adoption claims to understanding farmers and contexts: A literature review of Conservation Agriculture (CA) adoption among smallholder farmers in southern …

JA Andersson, S D'Souza - Agriculture, ecosystems & environment, 2014 - Elsevier
This literature review of Conservation Agriculture (CA) adoption among smallholder farmers
in southern Africa (Malawi, Zambia and Zimbabwe) analyses the historical background of …

Biodiversity can support a greener revolution in Africa

SS Snapp, MJ Blackie, RA Gilbert… - Proceedings of the …, 2010 - National Acad Sciences
The Asian green revolution trebled grain yields through agrochemical intensification of
monocultures. Associated environmental costs have subsequently emerged. A rapidly …

Input subsidies to improve smallholder maize productivity in Malawi: Toward an African green revolution

G Denning, P Kabambe, P Sanchez, A Malik, R Flor… - PLoS …, 2009 - journals.plos.org
Input Subsidies to Improve Smallholder Maize Productivity in Malawi: Toward an African
Green Revolution | PLOS Biology Skip to main content Advertisement PLOS Biology …

[HTML][HTML] Decentralization and efficiency of subsidy targeting: Evidence from chiefs in rural Malawi

MP Basurto, P Dupas, J Robinson - Journal of public economics, 2020 - Elsevier
Lower-income countries spend vast sums on subsidies. Beneficiaries are typically selected
via either a proxy-means test (PMT) or through a decentralized identification process led by …

Cropland allocation effects of agricultural input subsidies in Malawi

C Chibwana, M Fisher, G Shively - World Development, 2012 - Elsevier
We measure the impacts of Malawi's Farm Input Subsidy Program on the cropland allocation
decisions of farmers in Kasungu and Machinga districts in central and southern Malawi …

Measuring the Impacts of Malawi's farm input subsidy program

C Chibwana, M Fisher, C Jumbe… - Available at SSRN …, 2010 - papers.ssrn.com
We measure the impacts of Malawi's 2009 Farm Input Subsidy Program (FISP) on fertilizer
use and maize yields in central and southern Malawi. Using three rounds of panel data and …

Agricultural productivity and deforestation: Evidence from input subsidies and ethnic favoritism in Malawi

R Abman, C Carney - Journal of Environmental Economics and …, 2020 - Elsevier
This paper studies the underlying relationship between agricultural productivity and
deforestation by analyzing the impacts of a large fertilizer and seed subsidy program in …

Cash transfers, social protection and poverty reduction

R Slater - International Journal of Social Welfare, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Slater R. Cash transfers, social protection and poverty reduction Int J Soc Welfare 2011: 20:
250–259© 2011 United Nations Research Institute for Social Development (UNRISD) …

Effect of fertilizer subsidy on household level cereal production in Ghana

F Tsiboe, IS Egyir, G Anaman - Scientific African, 2021 - Elsevier
Agricultural input subsidy programs have once again become a major plank of policies in
Africa, aimed at productivity improvements and poverty reduction among farmers. In Ghana …

Conditioning trends shaping the agricultural and rural landscape in Africa

AA Adesina - Agricultural Economics, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
African countries continue to face deepening food crises that have been accentuated by the
global food, energy, and financial crises. This situation is part of a long‐term structural …