Browsing CLTS Working papers (HH) by Subject "Subsidies"
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Adoption of drought tolerant maize varieties under rainfall stress in Malawi
(CLTS Working paper;2017:4, Working paper, 2017)This paper examines adoption of drought tolerant (DT) maize varieties under rainfall stress in Malawi using a Mundlak-Chamberlain panel Probit model with a Control Function approach. DT maize varieties is a promising ... -
Agricultural household models for Malawi : household heterogeneity, market characteristics, agricultural productivity, input subsidies, and price shocks : a baseline report
(CLTS Working paper;2014:5, Working paper, 2014)This report documents agricultural household models developed for agricultural policy analyses related to the assessment of impacts of agricultural input subsidies and maize technology choices in Malawi. The models have ... -
Amazing maize in Malawi : input subsidies, factor productivity and land use intensification
(CLTS Working paper;2013:4, Working paper, 2013)The paper uses three years of household farm plot panel data (2006-2009), covering six districts in central and southern Malawi to assess factor productivity and farming system development under the input subsidy program. ... -
Can adoption of improved maize varieties help smallholder farmers adapt to drought? : evidence from Malawi
(CLTS Working paper;2015:1, Working paper, 2015)This study used a three-year panel dataset for 350 Malawian farm households to examine the potential for widespread adoption of drought tolerant (DT) maize varieties, a technology that holds considerable promise for ... -
The economics of fertilizer subsidies
(CLTS Working paper;9/18, Working paper, 2018)Fertilizer and other input subsidies have been a prominent component of agricultural policies in many Asian and African countries since the 1960s. Their economic and political rationale is scrutinized with emphasis on the ... -
Economy-wide effects of input subsidies in Malawi : market imperfections and household heterogeneity
(CLTS Working paper;2014:7, Working paper, 2014)The potential benefits of providing subsidized inputs to farm-households in developing countries may reach well beyond the targeted households. More specifically, increased food productionand demand for rural labor may benefit ... -
Input subsidies and demand for improved maize : relative prices and household heterogeneity matter!
(CLTS Working paper;2013:6, Working paper, 2013)This study uses simple non-separable farm household models calibrated to household, market, farming and policy context conditions in Central and Southern Malawi. The models are used to simulate how household characteristics, ... -
Input subsidies and improved maize varieties in Malawi : what can we learn from the impacts in a drought year?
(CLTS Working paper;2013:7, Working paper, 2013)After six years with a large scale Farm Input Subsidy Program that enhanced national and household food security high costs resulted in a cut-back of the program in 2011/12 at the same time as the country was hit by a ...