Variable returns to fertilizer use and its relationship to poverty: Experimental and simulation evidence from Malawi

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cg.authorship.typesCGIAR single centreen_US
cg.contributor.crpPolicies, Institutions, and Marketsen_US
cg.coverage.countryMalawien_US
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2MWen_US
cg.coverage.regionAfricaen_US
cg.coverage.regionSub-Saharan Africaen_US
cg.coverage.regionSouthern Africaen_US
cg.coverage.regionEastern Africaen_US
cg.creator.identifierLiangzhi You: 0000-0001-7930-8814en_US
cg.creator.identifierYanyan Liu: 0000-0001-7553-2464en_US
cg.identifier.projectIFPRI - HarvestChoiceen_US
cg.identifier.projectIFPRI - Markets, Trade, and Institutions Divisionen_US
cg.identifier.projectIFPRI - Environment and Production Technology Divisionen_US
cg.identifier.projectIFPRI - Development Strategy and Governance Divisionen_US
cg.identifier.publicationRankNot rankeden_US
cg.placeWashington, DCen_US
cg.reviewStatusInternal Reviewen_US
dc.contributor.authorHarou, Aurélieen_US
dc.contributor.authorLiu, Yanyanen_US
dc.contributor.authorBarrett, Christopher B.en_US
dc.contributor.authorYou, Liangzhien_US
dc.date.accessioned2024-08-01T02:52:15Zen_US
dc.date.available2024-08-01T02:52:15Zen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/150540en_US
dc.titleVariable returns to fertilizer use and its relationship to poverty: Experimental and simulation evidence from Malawien_US
dcterms.abstractDespite the rise of targeted input subsidy programs in Africa over the last decade, several questions remain as to whether low and variable soil fertility, frequent drought, and high fertilizer prices render fertilizer unprofitable for large subpopulations of African farmers. To examine these questions, we use large-scale, panel experimental data from maize field trials throughout Malawi to estimate the expected physical returns to fertilizer use conditional on a range of agronomic factors and weather conditions. Using these estimated returns and historical price and weather data, we simulate the expected profitability of fertilizer application over space and time. We find that the fertilizer bundles distributed under Malawi’s subsidy program are almost always profitable in expectation, although our results may be reasonably interpreted as upper-bound estimates among more skilled farmers given that the experimental subjects were not randomly selected.en_US
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Accessen_US
dcterms.bibliographicCitationHarou, Aurélie; Liu, Yanyan; Barrett, Christopher B. and You, Liangzhi. 2014. Variable returns to fertilizer use and its relationship to poverty: Experimental and simulation evidence from Malawi. IFPRI Discussion Paper 1373. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). https://hdl.handle.net/10568/150540en_US
dcterms.extent36 pagesen_US
dcterms.isPartOfIFPRI Discussion Paperen_US
dcterms.issued2014en_US
dcterms.languageenen_US
dcterms.publisherInternational Food Policy Research Instituteen_US
dcterms.relationhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/149798en_US
dcterms.relationhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/150302en_US
dcterms.relationhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/153500en_US
dcterms.relationhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/151194en_US
dcterms.relationhttps://doi.org/10.1093/jae/ejx002en_US
dcterms.replaceshttps://ebrary.ifpri.org/digital/collection/p15738coll2/id/128329en_US
dcterms.subjectfertilizersen_US
dcterms.subjectpoverty alleviationen_US
dcterms.subjectfarm inputsen_US
dcterms.subjectproductivityen_US
dcterms.subjectagricultural developmenten_US
dcterms.subjectsubsidiesen_US
dcterms.typeWorking Paperen_US

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