How Can African Governments Reach Poor Farmers with Fertiliser Subsidies? Exploring a Targeting Approach in Ghana

Houssou, Nazaire; Asante-Addo, Collins; Andam, Kwaw S.; Ragasa, Catherine

doi:10.1080/00220388.2018.1528353

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“…This fertilizer subsidy continued until the end of 2013. In 2014, there was no fertilizer subsidy as a result of financial challenges making it difficult for government to meet its payment obligations to input suppliers (Houssou, Andam, and Asante-Addo 2017). In 2015, the fertilizer subsidy program was restored.…”

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Agricultural input markets in Ghana: A descriptive assessment of input dealers in eight districts

Asante¹,

Andam²,

Simons³

et al. 2021

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This paper provides a description of the agricultural input market in Ghana in 2019 across six districts with high maize production and two municipal districts noted for agricultural marketing activities. Since 2017, Ghana's agricultural policy has been heavily focused on implementation of the Planting for Food and Jobs (PFJ) program, which has rapidly scaled up the distribution of subsidized seed and fertilizer with the aim of increasing agricultural productivity and production. Agricultural input dealers play a crucial role in the PFJ program as the final node in the supply chain of seed and fertilizer for farmers. Their operations are expected to enhance the availability of and access to these agricultural inputs. Understanding the characteristics and operations of agricultural input dealers can help policymakers to formulate, implement, and reform seed and fertilizer policies. Our study shows low levels of specialization among agricultural input shops, high participation in the sector association, an increase in the entry of traders into the agricultural input market since the launch of PFJ, and a continuing concentration on fertilizer sales compared to seed sales. Major constraints that agricultural input supplier face in expanding their businesses include difficulties in obtaining financial support from the banking sector, still unreliable supplies, and, for subsidized inputs, the slow processing by government of the subsidy vouchers farmers gave them in exchange for inputs.

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Agricultural input markets in Ghana: A descriptive assessment of input dealers in eight districts

Asante¹,

Andam²,

Simons³

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“…Seperti halnya kebijakan pemberian subsidi pupuk pada para petani. Pengalaman menunjukkan bahwa reformasi ini belum memastikan bahwa subsidi tercapai sesuai tujuan bagi penerima manfaat (Houssou et al, 2018). Penelitian ini Penelitian lainnya mengenai subsidi pupuk dilakukan juga untuk menilai dampak subsidi terhadap efisiensi pertanian yang heterogen dan universal seperti halnya di Bangladesh (Nasrin et al, 2018)…”

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Strategi Penyaluran Pupuk Bersubsidi Di Indonesia

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To realize food self-sufficiency in Indonesia, it needs to be supported by effective distribution of subsidized fertilizer. The main causes of ineffective distribution of subsidized fertilizers are irregularities, weak oversight from implementing institutions and weak community control. Likewise, the aspects of transparency and information disclosure in the chain of subsidized fertilizer implementation are also still weak. So far, the regulations governing the mechanism for implementing subsidized fertilizer distribution policies are quite adequate but their implementation is still weak. In this study a descriptive approach is used to explore and describe the development of distribution as well as the strategies adopted to obtain more effective alternative distribution of subsidized fertilizer. This study also compares the policy of distribution of subsidized fertilizers in several countries. Based on the results of the study, several schemes or alternative distribution of subsidized fertilizer are still needed in Indonesia. Irregularities occur because of errors in the collection of data "RDKK", the distribution of subsidized fertilizers to unauthorized parties, the large volume of distribution, procurement and distribution of subsidized fertilizers as well as the obstacles in calculating fertilizer subsidies. One recommendation that can be submitted for the distribution of subsidized fertilizers effectively is that several alternative channels can be implemented. One alternative for the distribution of subsidized fertilizers includes the use of an electric card through "Gapoktan", distribution of fertilizer subsidies through the use of the Pupuk Indonesia Mart kiosk and through direct distribution to fertilizer producers in Indonesia.

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“…As discussed in Chapter 7, the fertilizer subsidy has become an important financial burden of the state that may not be sustainable, and there is a need to explore smarter and less costly ways of supporting the uptake of fertilizer use. Ghana does a poor job of targeting fertilizer subsidies compared to some other African countries, and the financial cost could be reduced with little impact on fertilizer use by targeting subsidies to smallholders for the production of food grains who would not otherwise buy fertilizers (Houssou et al 2018). Moreover, investments in seed supplies, irrigation, and soil mapping and testing, as well as the development of more effective fertilizer products, could help improve crop-yield response to fertilizer, making it more profitable for farmers to use even in the absence of a subsidy (Jayne et al 2015).…”

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Developing agricultural value chains

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2019

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How Can African Governments Reach Poor Farmers with Fertiliser Subsidies? Exploring a Targeting Approach in Ghana

Cited by 16 publications

References 35 publications

Agricultural input markets in Ghana: A descriptive assessment of input dealers in eight districts

Agricultural input markets in Ghana: A descriptive assessment of input dealers in eight districts

Strategi Penyaluran Pupuk Bersubsidi Di Indonesia

Developing agricultural value chains

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