Using robust identification strategies to evaluate impact of 2010/2011 farmer input support programme on maize yields and asset accumulation in rural Zambia

Using robust identification strategies to evaluate impact of 2010/2011 farmer input support programme on maize yields and asset accumulation in rural Zambia

The Zambian government, through the Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives (MACO), provides maize seed and fertilizers to farmers at heavily subsidised prices under the Farmer Input Support Programme (FISP). MACO’s narrow evaluation of FISP, based on estimated production without quantifying the si...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Chibwe, Edward M.
Other Authors: Mungatana, Eric D.
Language:en
Published: 2015
Subjects:
Farmer Input Support Programme participation
Maize yield
Asset accumulation
Poverty reduction
Propensity score matching
UCTD
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2263/43301
Chibwe, EM 2014, Using robust identification strategies to evaluate impact of 2010/2011 farmer input support programme on maize yields and asset accumulation in rural Zambia, MScAgric Dissertation, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd <http://hdl.handle.net/2263/43301>

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http://hdl.handle.net/2263/43301
Chibwe, EM 2014, Using robust identification strategies to evaluate impact of 2010/2011 farmer input support programme on maize yields and asset accumulation in rural Zambia, MScAgric Dissertation, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd <http://hdl.handle.net/2263/43301>

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