Input subsidy programs (ISPs) remain one of the most contentiously debated development
issues in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). After ISPs were phased out during the 1980s and …

This study reviews the evidence regarding the recent wave of smart input subsidy programs
in Africa and identifies components of a holistic and sustainable agricultural productivity …

Kenya joined the ranks of sub‐Saharan African (SSA) countries implementing targeted input
subsidy programmes (ISP s) for inorganic fertiliser and improved seed in 2007 with the …

Despite improvements to the implementation regime of Ghana's fertilizer subsidy program,
this paper shows that considerable challenges remain in ensuring that the subsidy is …

Kenya is one of the few countries in Sub‐Saharan Africa to experience an impressive rise in
fertiliser use following a series of input market reforms in the early 1990s. Two major …

African governments have been pursuing reforms to improve the targeting of fertiliser
subsidy programmes, but recent experience suggests that these reforms have not ensured …

This paper estimates the impact of an agricultural technology adoption program on
agricultural production and income using an experimental approach. The context of analysis …

With this in mind, a new ideology on agricultural input subsidies ensued in the 2000s and
2010s, viz, often referred to as the smart subsidies. This ideology emphasizes the …

Kenya joined the ranks of sub-Saharan African (SSA) countries implementing a targeted
input subsidy program for inorganic fertilizer and improved seed in 2007 with the …

Food security is increasingly becoming hard to actualize in many countries, given the
constellation of challenges that are posed by today's world. Countries around the world are …