Malawi’s national budget for the upcoming fiscal year allocates K117 billion to the Affordable Inputs Programme (AIP), of which K110 billion is earmarked for fertilizer subsidies. The Ministry of Agriculture also announced that it aims to provide 1.75 ... Source: IFPRI Malawi: Malawi Strategy Support Program
Policy Note 48: Self-targeted Fertilizer Subsidies
If Malawi’s fertilizer subsidy program aims to increase food security in the country, it should strive to target the most productive farmers. Subsidy levels can be set to self-target this group of farmers. This would maximize output achieved with subsi... Source: IFPRI Malawi: Malawi Strategy Support Program
Policy Note 47: Pricing Farmer Contributions under AIP
The government can set the farmer contribution to fertilizer subsidized through the Affordable Input Programme (AIP) so that farmer demand for the commodity matches available supplies under the program. For any given budget dedicated to subsidizing fer... Source: IFPRI Malawi: Malawi Strategy Support Program
Policy Note 46: Are Fertilizer Subsidies in Malawi Value for Money?
It is easy enough to calculate how much the Government of Malawi spends on subsidizing chemical fertilizer. Last year, for example, this was MWK 120 billion (about US$ 150 million) taking up over 50% of the agricultural budget. It is much harder, howev... Source: IFPRI Malawi: Malawi Strategy Support Program
Project Note: Farmers’ Perspective on the Implementation of the Affordable Inputs Programme
This note provides an assessment of the first year of implementation of the Affordable Inputs Programme (AIP) from the perspective of rural households and communities in Malawi. The data come from a nationally representative panel survey of 2,449 rural... Source: IFPRI Malawi: Malawi Strategy Support Program
