Sustainable Intensification (SI) is a term that has been advanced to capture a concept that
some consider as the 'third paradigm'for global agricultural development. However, the term …

This Campbell systematic review examines the effects of input subsidies on agricultural
productivity, beneficiary incomes and welfare, consumer welfare and wider economic …

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 …

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 …

Through decentralized targeting of input vouchers new agricultural input subsidy programs
aim to more effectively reach their objectives and target population. But, lingering fears of …

Millions of pounds of international development funds are invested annually in social
protection programmes to tackle poverty. Poverty is perpetuated by risk and vulnerability …

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 …

The present paper reviews some of the high-level challenges facing the global food system
over the next 40 years, drawing in particular on the UK Government's Foresight Report on …

Subsidies have a long history of use–and abuse. Food security has historically been a high
priority for policy makers, providing the core justification for agricultural subsidies. Interest in …

Agricultural input subsidies, a form of social protection, are often considered an important
means of improving agricultural productivity in low-and middle-income countries. However …