Starter packs : a strategy to fight hunger in developing countries? : lessons from the Malawi experience 1998-2003 /

• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK : CABI, 2005.
• Subjects: Agricultural development projects > Malawi.; Food supply > International cooperation. > Malawi; Agricultural assistance > Malawi.; Food relief > Malawi.; Economic development projects > Malawi.; Agricultural Economics.; Food Economics, (New March 2000); Policy and Planning.; Aid, (New March 2000); Input Utilization (Microeconomics); Plant Production.; Agricultural development.; Agricultural policy.; Case studies.; Crop production.; Development programmes.; Evaluation.; Farm inputs.; Food security.; Hunger.; Small farms.; Electronic books.; CD-ROMs.
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This book is about the Starter Pack/Targeted Inputs Programme, which was implemented in Malawi from the 1998-99 agricultural season to the 2003/04 season. The original idea of Starter Pack was to give a bag of free agricultural inputs (fertilizer and seed) to every smallholder farmer in Malawi. Alth...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction / Sarah Levy
• The Origin and Concept of the Starter Pack / Malcolm Blackie and Charles K. Mann
• The Players and the Policy Issues / Harry Potter
• The Logistics and Costs of Implementation / Charles Clark
• Pack Distribution and the Role of Vouchers / Anthony Cullen and Max Lawson
• Design of the Evaluation Programme / Ian M. Wilson
• Experience and Innovation : How the Research Methods Evolved / Carlos Barahona
• Lessons on Management of Large-scale Research Programmes / Sarah Levy
• Production, Prices and Food Security : How Starter Pack Works / Sarah Levy
• The Farmer's Perspective : Values, Incentives and Constraints / Jan Kees van Donge
• Do Free Inputs Crowd Out the Private Sector in Agricultural Input Markets? / Clement Nyirongo
• Practical and Policy Dilemmas of Targeting Free Inputs / Blessings Chinsinga
• Starter Pack and Sustainable Agriculture / Carlos Barahona and Elizabeth Cromwell
• The Challenges of Agricultural Extension / Chris Garforth
• Why Free Inputs Failed in the Winter Season / Hiester Gondwe
• Financing and Macro-economic Impact : How Does Starter Pack Compare? / Sarah Levy
• Poverty, AIDS and Food Crisis / Anne C. Conroy
• Food Security Policies and Starter Pack : a Challenge for Donors? / Jane Harrigan
• Feeding Malawi from Neighbouring Countries / Martin J. Whiteside
• Starter Pack in Rural Development Strategies / Andrew Dorward and Jonathan Kydd
• Conclusion / Sarah Levy.