Issue paper
Impacts of Modifying Malawi’s Farm Input Subsidy Programme Targeting. FAO Agricultural Development Economics Working Paper 17-05
In this paper, we evaluate the impact of this proposed change to the existing FISP design and implementation mechanisms by utilizing two waves of the Living Standards Measurement Study - Integrated Surveys on Agriculture (LSMS-ISA)survey merged with historical climate data. We estimate how the demand for agricultural inputs varies according to a variation in the targeting criteria and identify more efficient farmers that should be eligible for the FISP.
Date
2017
Publisher
FAO
Region
Africa