A Review of Zambia’s Agricultural Input Subsidy Programs: Targeting, Impacts, and the Way Forward
| dc.creator | Mason, Nicole M. | |
| dc.creator | Jayne, T.S. | |
| dc.creator | Mofya-Mukuka, Rhoda | |
| dc.date | 2017-04-01T19:51:38Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-07-09T07:40:39Z | |
| dc.description | Nearly three decades after the initiation of agricultural market reforms in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), subsidies for fertilizer and seed are once again the cornerstone of many SSA governments’ agricultural development and poverty reduction strategies. Zambia is a prime example. In the last decade, the Government of Republic of Zambia (GRZ) has devoted a considerable share of its agricultural budget to input subsidies. Between 2004 and 2011, spending on the Farmer Input Support Programme (FISP) accounted for an average of 30% of total GRZ agricultural sector spending, and 47% of GRZ agricultural sector Poverty Reduction Programme spending. Through FISP, GRZ provides beneficiary farmers with subsidized fertilizer and hybrid maize seed. | |
| dc.identifier | doi:10.22004/ag.econ.162438 | |
| dc.identifier | https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/162438/files/wp77.pdf | |
| dc.identifier | http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/162438 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/590976 | |
| dc.language | eng | |
| dc.publisher | ||
| dc.source | http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/162438 | |
| dc.title | A Review of Zambia’s Agricultural Input Subsidy Programs: Targeting, Impacts, and the Way Forward | |
| dc.type | Text |