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 article provides a critical analysis of the current frontier of research evaluating Malawi's
Farm Input Subsidy Program (FISP), whose main objectives are increasing maize …

This paper uses small-scale farm survey data from five countries of eastern and southern
Africa to highlight four under-appreciated issues:(i) how land distribution patterns constrain …

This article uses a double‐hurdle model with panel data from Malawi to investigate how
fertilizer subsidies affect farmer demand for commercial fertilizer. The article controls for …

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 …

A major determinant of input subsidy programs' effects on the achievement of national policy
goals is the extent to which they raise total fertilizer use. This study synthesizes recent …

We estimate the impact of Malawi's Farm Input Subsidy Program using an economy‐wide
approach. This approach yields benefit‐cost ratios about 60% higher than existing partial …

This study uses nationally representative household-level panel data from Malawi and
Zambia to identify the determinants of subsidized maize seed and fertilizer receipt, and to …

We assess the impacts of the Malawian Farm Input Subsidy Program on manure use at the
farm plot level using more than 3,000 farm plot observations from six districts in central and …

Malawi has over the last 6 years embarked on a comprehensive targeted fertilizer and seed
subsidy program to boost its agricultural production and to enhance household and national …