Abstract Many sub-Saharan African countries implementing agricultural input subsidies
programmes (AISP) concentrate on fertilizers and staple food crops which may have little or …

Despite significant efforts to improve under-nutrition, the prevalence of low height-for-age in
the world's population remains high. It is highest in sub-Saharan Africa, where extensive …

Child undernutrition is highly prevalent around the world, particularly in low-income
countries where economies are largely driven by the agricultural sector. Agricultural policies …

This paper explores household variation in land tenure security and drought shocks across
villages to investigate the extent to which land tenure systems matter in households' capacity …

Over the last two decades, most African governments have been implementing agricultural
input subsidy programs (ISPs) aimed at increasing crop yields, and incomes, and reducing …

In most rural economies, agricultural subsidies generate significant attention for increasing
household welfare. However, whether such subsidies matter for women's attitudes towards …

Poor and declining soil fertility is a major constraint to increased cereal yields in sub-
Saharan Africa. While input subsidy programs (ISPs) for inorganic fertilizer are a popular …

This paper examines the effect of agricultural input subsidies (AIS) and agricultural
extension services (AES) on farm labour productivity in plots planted with maize in Tanzania …

ABSTRACT The Malawi Farm Input Subsidy Program (FISP) was praised for turning the
country's food deficit into a surplus after inception in 2005. It is, however, not clear whether …

Agricultural policies can change incentives to grow one crop versus another, affecting farm
family nutrition. Governments in Sub-Saharan Africa have implemented fertilizer subsidies …