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We report the results of a randomized experiment testing impacts of subsidies for modern agricultural inputs in rural Mozambique. One-time provision of a voucher for fertilizer and improved seeds leads to substantial increases in fertilizer use, which persist through two subsequent agricultural...
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During the last five decades, policy approaches towards food security have promoted input-intensive agricultural technologies to increase global food production. However, there are concerns about the environmental, social and economic sustainability of this strategy. Environmental degradation...
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-Saharan Africa. We study the first randomized controlled trial of a government-implemented input subsidy program (ISP) in Africa. A … temporary subsidy for Mozambican maize farmers stimulates Green Revolution technology adoption and leads to increased maize … yields. Effects of the subsidy persist in later unsubsidized years. In addition, social networks of subsidized farmers …
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-Saharan Africa. We study the first randomized controlled trial of a government-implemented input subsidy program (ISP) in Africa. A … temporary subsidy for Mozambican maize farmers stimulates Green Revolution technology adoption and leads to increased maize … yields. Effects of the subsidy persist in later unsubsidized years. In addition, social networks of subsidized farmers …
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