Food insecurity, poverty and the Malawian Starter Pack: Fresh start or false start?
By J. Harrigan. 2008
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Subfields: General Agricultural and Biological Sciences, General Health Professions, Safety Research
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- Segregation, Ethnic Favoritism, and the Strategic Targeting of Local Public Goods (2018, background): “Like local public goods, agricultural subsidies are highly valued by Malawian residents (Harrigan, 2008) and political elites exert discretion over their distribution (Chasukwa et al., 2014; Øygard et al., 2003; Tambulasi, 2009).”
- Food and Agriculture in Ethiopia: Progress and Policy Challenges (2013, background): “…of creating fertilizer markets is high where final consumers are widely dispersed geographically or where their small landholdings and limited cash resources mean that they purchase only small quantities of fertilizer, which are more costly for retailers to sell (Jayne et al. 2003; Harrigan 2008).”
- Disrupting Demand for Commercial Seed: Input Subsidies in Malawi and Zambia (2013, background): “2 For a review of input subsidy programs in Malawi since independence see Harrigan (2008). 3 The agricultural year in both Malawi and Zambia is from October through September.”
- Analyzing Nutritional Impacts of Policies: An Empirical Study for Malawi (2011, background): “The country has a long history of maize price regulations and has gone through several agricultural market reforms (Harrigan 2003, 2008).”
- Cropland Allocation Effects of Agricultural Input Subsidies in Malawi (2012, background): “As Harrigan (2008) points out, previous input subsidy programs in Malawi have been criticized for creating and perpetuating widespread dependency on maize (although this specific issue has not been investigated empirically).”
- Seed, fertilizer, and agricultural extension in Ethiopia (2012, background): “On the demand side, the cost of creating fertilizer markets is high where final consumers are widely dispersed geographically, or where their small landholdings and limited cash resources mean that they purchase only small quantities of fertilizer that are more costly for retailers to sell (Harrigan”