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Making Agricultural Input Subsidies More Effective and Profitable in Africa: The Role of Complementary Interventions
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Author(s): Joseph S. Kanyamuka (Lilongwe University of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Malawi), Charles B. L. Jumbe (Lilongwe University of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Malawi)and Jacob Ricker-Gilbert (Purdue University, USA)
Copyright: 2018
Pages: 16
Source title:
Food Systems Sustainability and Environmental Policies in Modern Economies
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Abiodun Elijah Obayelu (Federal University of Agriculture – Abeokuta (FUNAAB), Nigeria)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-3631-4.ch008
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Abstract
The combined effects of declining soil fertility, continuous mono-cropping, poor crop residues management, and limited resources are considered the major constraints to increased crop productivity in Sub-Saharan Africa. It is for this reason that most African governments in Sub-Saharan Africa have been implementing farm input support programmes to boost smallholder production. While substantial amounts of resources are committed to support such programmes, evidence suggests that the increased use of modern inputs such as inorganic fertilizers on the main staple food crops appear to be only marginally profitable or even unprofitable. There is a renewed realization that the use of fertilizer input alone to raise farm productivity is likely to be impeded, if sufficient attention is not given to complementary interventions such as integrated soil fertility management technologies and extension services. This chapter provides evidence from several African countries on the role of complementary interventions in enhancing profitability, effectiveness, and efficiency with which farm inputs such as inorganic fertilizer and improved seed are applied.
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