Author: Gene T. HarrisPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Agricultural Subsidies
Languages : en
Pages : 136
Book Description
Fertilizer Subsidies in Developing Countries
Author: Gene T. HarrisPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Agricultural Subsidies
Languages : en
Pages : 136
Book Description
Too much of a good thing? Evidence that fertilizer subsidies lead to overapplication in Egypt
Author: Kurdi, SikandraPublisher: Intl Food Policy Res Inst
ISBN:
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 24
Book Description
As part of a national policy to ensure a certain level of food self-sufficiency in strategic crops, the government of Egypt subsidizes nitrogen fertilizer directly by distributing quotas of subsidized fertilizers to farmers and indirectly by subsidizing natural gas used by local fertilizer factories. The implication of this subsidy on farmers’ fertilizer demand and productivity remains unknown. Using a detailed agricultural survey collected from smallholder farmers in Upper Egypt, we show that nitrogen fertilizer application rates are substantially in excess of crop-specific agronomic recommendations. We exploit eligibility criteria and other sources of variation to show that farm plots with easier access to the subsidy tend to use more subsidized nitrogen fertilizer and less phosphate fertilizer. Easier access to the subsidy increases use of total nitrogen fertilizer per unit of land, mainly because of the increase in subsidized nitrogen fertilizer. In particular, the fertilizer subsidy program in Egypt is associated with significant overapplication of nitrogen fertilizer. Such overapplication of fertilizer is expected to adversely affect soil, water, and environmental health. Our findings have important policy implications for Egypt and other African countries known for input subsidy programs. As Egypt is currently moving on from the successful implementation of a comprehensive macroeconomic reform program towards sector-level reforms, our results suggest that eliminating fertilizer subsidies is a good place to start.
Evaluating Fertilizer Subsidies in Developing Countries
Author: Dana G. DalrymplePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Agricultural assistance, American
Languages : en
Pages : 80
Book Description
A Study on Fertilizer Subsidies in Selected Countries
Author: FAO/Fertilizer Industry Advisory Committee ad hoc Working Party on the Economics of Fertilizer UsePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Agricultural subsidies
Languages : en
Pages : 184
Book Description
Improving the equity and effectiveness of Nepal’s fertilizer subsidy program
Author: Kyle, JordanPublisher: Intl Food Policy Res Inst
ISBN:
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 58
Book Description
This paper examines the fertilizer subsidy program in Nepal from two different angles, both important for policy makers in the country. First, it analyzes who is benefiting from the program, and second, it examines how farmers rank the importance of public spending on fertilizer subsidies compared with other potential public investments. Whereas the former question is important for judging whether the program is meeting its objectives, the latter is essential to understanding the scope for reform, in particular the extent to which we could expect citizens to resist reforms to the subsidy program. We draw on these analyses as well as on examples from other countries to make policy recommendations to improve program implementation.
Can better targeting improve the effectiveness of Ghana's Fertilizer Subsidy Program?
Author: Houssou, NazairePublisher: Intl Food Policy Res Inst
ISBN:
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
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 targeted to farmers who need fertilizer the most. Currently, larger-scale and wealthier farmers are the main beneficiaries of subsidized fertilizer even though the stated goal is to target smallholder farmers with fertilizer subsidies. The experience of other African countries suggests that the effectiveness of fertilizer subsidies can improve with effective targeting of resource-poor smallholders. However, targeting smallholder farmers entails significant transaction costs and may even be infeasible in some cases. Faced with such challenges, Ghanaian policy makers must ponder the question of how to improve the targeting of input subsidy programs in the country. Further research is needed to identify more cost-effective approaches for achieving the goal of targeting.
Fertilizer Subsidies - Overview and National Experience
Author: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Fertilizer Industry Advisory Committee. Working Party on the Economics of Fertilizer UsePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Agricultural subsidies
Languages : en
Pages : 116
Book Description
Fertilizer Subsidies and Pricing Policy
Author: National Fertilizer Development Centre (Pakistan)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Fertilizer industry
Languages : en
Pages : 160
Book Description
A.I.D. Discussion Paper No. 30
Author: United States. International Development AgencyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 76
Book Description
Agricultural Input Subsidies
Author: Ephraim ChirwaPublisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 0199683522
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 315
Book Description
This book takes forward our understanding of agricultural input subsidies in low income countries.