From input subsidies to compensating farmers for soil health services

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dc.creatorCampbell, Bruce M.
dc.creatorNyirongo, Jacob
dc.creatorBotha, Blessings
dc.creatorDuchoslav, Jan
dc.creatorMunthali, Moses W.
dc.creatorNyondo, Christone
dc.creatorSunga, Ishmael
dc.creatorWollenberg, Eva Karoline
dc.date2023-11
dc.date2024-01-11T10:53:54Z
dc.date2024-01-11T10:53:54Z
dc.date.accessioned2026-06-27T15:19:13Z
dc.description- In many countries in Southern and Eastern Africa, input subsidy programmes are common, often focussing on inorganic fertiliser. These programmes often do not achieve their food security objectives, partly because soil health is in decline as a result of years of application of inorganic fertilisers in the absence of other soil ameliorative measures. - Solutions to soil health decline are well known, and include various combinations of fallowing, crop diversification, intercropping and crop rotations (especially legume rotations), soil organic matter additions, liming and applications of the appropriate inorganic fertilisers. But many of these come with significant socio-economic and technical challenges to farmers. - A way forward is through compensating farmers for soil health services, which will generate a multitude of private and public benefits. This would be a form of Payment for Environmental Services (PES), as supported in the global initiative CompensACTION,1 led by the German Federal Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ). - Nine recommendations for implementing a soil health payment scheme are presented, some of which focus on the broader enabling environment. - Development partners can support the implementation of Payments for Soil Heath Services schemes by: assisting countries in establishing pilot schemes for lessons learning; supporting longer term monitoring of soil health changes; supporting government efforts to repurpose subsidy policies; and facilitating public-private partnerships to leverage in private sector investment in activities that will enhance soil health.
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dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/137563
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/101040
dc.languageen
dc.rightsOpen Access
dc.sourceCampbell, B.; Nyirongo, J.; Botha, B.; Duchoslav, J.; Munthali, M.W.; Nyondo, C.; Sunga, I.; Wollenberg, E. (2023) From input subsidies to compensating farmers for soil health services. 12 p.
dc.subjectclimate change mitigation
dc.subjectsmallholders-smallholder farmers
dc.subjectclimate change
dc.subjectagriculture
dc.subjectclimate change adaptation
dc.subjectfertilizers-fertilisers
dc.subjectpayments for ecosystem services
dc.subjectsoil quality-soil health
dc.subjectfarm inputs-agricultural inputs
dc.titleFrom input subsidies to compensating farmers for soil health services
dc.typeBrief

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