Starter Packs: a Strategy to Fight Hunger in Developing Countries?

By E. Reed. 2007

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Shaping agricultural innovation systems responsive to food insecurity and climate change (2011, background): “…fertilisers as a way to break the ''low equilibrium poverty cycle' of unproductive, subsistence maize cultivation (Dorward and Chirwa 2011; Levy 2005), it has also functioned as a longer term social protection mechanism which reduces the need for food aid, for example (Future Agricultures…”
Fertilizer subsidies in Africa: Are vouchers the answer? (2009, background): “Levy, 2005. internAtiOnAl FOOd POlicY reSeArcH inStitute www.ifpri.org 2033 K Street, NW • Washington, DC 20006-1002 • USA T +1.202.862.5600 • Skype: ifprihomeoffice • F +1.202.467.4439 • ifpri@cgiar.org Copyright © 2009 International Food Policy Research Institute.”
The African Green Revolution moves forward (2009, background): “Examples of the debates are publications by Blackie et al. 1998; Carr 1997; Conroy 2006; Chisanga 2007; DFID 2007; Gilbert et al. 2002; Government of Malawi 2006; Levy 2005; Smale and Heisey 1997; Smale and Phiri 1998.”
Working Paper No. 13. Seeds and Subsidies: The Political Economy of Input Programmes in Malawi (2011, background): “Since the late 1990s, the three major initiatives have been: (1) the Starter Pack (SP) programme (1998–2000); (2) the Targeted Input Programme (TIP) (2001–2005); and (3) the Agricultural Input Subsidy Programme (AISP) (2005 to date) (Levy 2005; Chinsinga 2007; Dorward et al. 2007).”