The Economy-wide Impacts and Risks of Malawi's Farm Input Subsidy Program

By C. Arndt, K. Pauw, J. Thurlow. 2014

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We estimate the impact of Malawi's Farm Input Subsidy Program using an economy-wide approach. This approach yields benefit-cost ratios about 60% higher than existing partial equilibrium studies, a result of our accounting for indirect benefits. Fertilizer response rates remain the determining parameter for benefit-cost ratio levels. Even with lower-end response rates, the program is pro-poor and generates double-dividends through higher and more drought-resilient yields. Overall, for macro-economically significant programs, our approach strongly complements survey-based evaluations. For Malawi, our results buttress arguments for a focus on program improvements.

Subfields: General Agricultural and Biological Sciences, Safety Research, Soil Science

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In General Agricultural and Biological Sciences

1. N. Mason
2. T. Jayne
3. W. Burke
4. J. Ariga
5. C. Ragasa
6. M. Muyanga
7. A. Chapoto
8. Christopher B. Barrett

In Safety Research

1. N. Mason
2. T. Jayne

In Soil Science

1. N. Mason
2. T. Jayne
3. M. Muyanga

Citations in the corpus

• Review: Taking stock of Africa’s second-generation agricultural input subsidy programs (2018, methodology): “Crop production and food price levels The only studies that directly estimate aggregate ISP effects on national production have been conducted for Malawi and take either a partial equilibrium or computable general equilibrium (CGE) modeling approach (Arndt et al., 2016; Dorward and Chirwa, 2013).”