Short-Term Success versus Long-Term Failure: A Simulation-Based Approach for Understanding the Potential of Zambia’s Fertilizer Subsidy Program in Enhancing Maize Availability
In Sub-Saharan Africa, food-related policies such as fertilizer subsidy programs (FSPs) have undergone a revival and triggered a controversy about their impact. In this article I applied a simulation-based approach to examine the FSPs’ short- and long-term potential for increasing maize availability...
Main Author: | Andreas Gerber |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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MDPI AG
2016-10-01
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Series: | Sustainability |
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Online Access: | http://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/8/10/1036 |
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