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Resource Materials - Zambia Agricultural Fertilizer Programme Study Tour. Gaining Insights From on-going Reforms in Malawi, Kenya and Tanzania. MACO/ACF/FSRP

Study Tour Orientation

• Description of Activities
  • Fert_Study_Tour_ACF_Concept_Note_2008
• Participant List/Contact Information
  • Participant List
• Program Schedule 
  • Jan 14-17 Kenya; Jan 18-21 Tanzania; Jan 22-24 Malawi

Cross-Country Materials Top

• Policy Briefs
  • Fertilizer Subsidies and Sustainable Agricultural Growth in Africa: Current Issues and Empirical Evidence from Malawi, Zambia, and Kenya. MSU Policy Synthesis #83, Oct 2008.
  • FANRPAN_Potential_For_Input_Voucher_Systems_PolicyBrief_Nov2007.pdf
  • WDR 2008 - New Approaches to Input Subsidies
  • AGRA_Agro_Dealer_Development_Programme
  • AGRA_Soil_Health_Programme_Africa
• Papers
  • Promoting Fertilizer Use in Africa: Current Issues and Empirical Evidence from Malawi, Zambia, and Kenya. Isaac Minde, T.S. Jayne, Eric Crawford, Joshua Ariga, and Jones Govereh. ReSAKSS Working Paper No. 13. November 2008.
• News Reports
  • ICRAF_Food_Crisis_Soil_Fertility_Statement-FINAL
  • Making_Fertilizer_Subsidies_Work_Long_Term_Tough_Dec2007
  • McPherson_Rabbinge_Comments_Subsidies_Abuja_2006
  • Soil_Fertility_Futures_Agriculture_Debate
  • Soil_Fertility_Futures_Agriculture_Debate_Draft_Summary
• Tool Kits 
  • WB Fertilizer Toolkit:  http://www.worldbank.org/afr/fertilizer_tk/

Malawi Materials Top

• Policy Briefs
  • NRP_116_Lesson_From_Malawi_Experience
  • Malawi_Two_views_fertilizer_support_leisa_2008
  • FANRPAN_Abstract_Malawi_Voucher_Report_2007
    
• Papers
  • Evaluation of the 2006/7 Agricultural Input Subsidy Programme, Malawi. Final Report. School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), Wadonda Consult, Michigan State University (MSU), Overseas Development Institute (ODI). March 2008.
  • Social Analysis of Malawi's Maize Marketing Reforms.  Final version:  December 22, 2008. Report for the World Bank, Malawi by T. S. Jayne, Julius Mangisoni, and Nicholas Sitko
• Presentations
  • Evaluation of the 2006/7 Agricultural Input Supply Programme. Malawi Report conducted for the Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security by  School of Oriental & African Studies (SOAS), Wadonda Consult ODI, Michigan State University (MSU). Lilongwe March 2008.
  • Malawi’s Maize Marketing System: A Rapid Appraisal Study. By T.S. Jayne, Julius Mangisoni, Nicholas Sitko for discussion at World Bank Maize Stakeholders Seminar, Lilongwe, Malawi, December 8, 2008
• News Reports
  • President_Mutharika_On_Fert_subsidy_Aug_2008
  • Nyasa_Times_Oppositon_On_Fert_Sept_2008
  • The Window on Malawi_Food_Shortage_Oct_2008
  • Malawi_AGRA_Grant_Agro_dealers_TheDailyTimes

Kenya Materials Top

• Policy Briefs
  • Can The Market Deliver? Lessons From Kenya’s Rising Use Of Fertilizer Following Liberalization. Joshua Ariga and T.S. Jayne. July 2006. KePB 7.
• Papers
  • Trends and Patterns in Fertilizer Use by Smallholder Farmers in Kenya, 1997-2007. Joshua Ariga, T.S. Jayne, Betty Kibaara, and J.K. Nyoro. Draft For Review Working Paper XX/2008. October 2008
  • How High Are Rates of Return to Fertilizer? Evidence from Field Experiments in Kenya. Duflo, Esther, Michael Kremer, and Jonathan Robinson. 2008. AER 98(2):482-488. ( Not downloadable here due to AER property right )
• Presentations
  • Trends and Patterns In Fertilizer Use in Kenya by Smallholder Farmers in Kenya 1997 -2007
• News Reports
  • KENYA_Agro_Dealer_Grant_News
  •  Mbendi_Japan_Fertilizer_Grant_Kenya_Sept_2008
  •  KBC_Govt_fert_subsidies_next_month_Oct14_2008
  • allAfrica_Kenya_Maize_Export_Ban_Oct2008
  •  allAfrica_Kenya_Relief_Low_Fertiliser_Costs_0ct14_08

Tanzania Materials Top

• Policy Briefs
  • TAIP_Brief
• Papers
  • TAIP Strategy 22 9 07 _2_
  • tap_conceptnote
• News Reports
  • CNFA _ Tanzania Agrodealer Strengthening Program (TASP)
  • ACT_Press_Release_President_Kikwete_GreenRevolution
  • TAP_Partnership_web_page
  • Agricultural Council of Tanzania - Web_Page_Home

Zambia Fertilizer Materials Top

• Policy Briefs
  • MS Zambia Newsletter October 2008 - Fertilizer support is a subsidy disaster by Michael Muleba, Executive Director, Farmers Organization Support Program (FOSUP)
    
• Papers
  • Agricultural Consultative Forum (ACF) Advisory Note on proposed reforms for the Zambian Fertilizer Support Programme. 27 Feb, 2009
  • FSP_Internal_Evauation_2008
  • Fertiliser Report 4-08_CFU_ZNFU
  • Chipata District Farmers Report on Findings of the Findings of the 2007/08 Fertilizer Support Programme
  • Fertilizer_Support_Assessment_CSPR_2005
  • CFU_Low_Yields_ZF 20.10.07
  • CFU_Faidherbia_Trials_ZF 20 2.08
• Presentations
  • Empirical Information on Smallholder Maize Production and Fertilizer Use In Zambia. Presentation at Fertilizer Support Programme Evaluation Kick-Off Workshop. Protea Safari Lodge, Zambia.  June 25-26, 2008
  • Impact Assessment Zambia Fertilizer Support Program (FSP  Briefing on Main Results World Bank Country Office, Lusaka. 23 March 2009.
  • Fertiliser Support Programme: Implementation Manual for the S008/2009 Farming Season.  MACO
    
•  News Reports
  • Fertilizer Programme Difficulties News Clipping 2008/2009

Zambia Smallholder Material Top

• Presentations
  • Targeting Challenges : Using Zambian Rural Household Data Sets to Inform The Process of Categorisation of Resource Poor Smallholder Farmers. By the Food Security Research Project, Kafue Gorge ACF Sponsored Workshop, Aug 20-22, 2008.