Food Security Collaborative Policy Briefs

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260437: The profitability of inorganic fertilizer use in smallholder maize production in Tanzania: Implications for alternative and complementary strategies to improve smallholder maize productivity

David Mather, Isaac Minde, Betty Waized, Daniel Ndyetabula and Anna Temu

251849: LINKING SMALLHOLDERS TO PROFITABLE MARKETS IN WEST AFRICA: CASE STUDY SYNTHESIS

John Staatz, Boubacar Diallo, Nathalie Me-Nsope and Ryan Vroegindewey

249696: Relationship between Large-Scale Agricultural Investors and Local Communities: Lessons from Two Investments In Zambia

Kerstin Nolte and Mitelo Subakanya

249693: Zambian Smallholder Livestock Herd Dynamics: What Are the Policy Implications?

Mary Lubungu

245911: Nutrition and Food Security: The Role of Forest Resources in Eastern Zambia

Rhoda Mukuka and Asunta Simoloka

245906: Can Input Subsidy Programs Promote Climate Smart Agriculture in Africa?

Thomas Jayne, Nicholas Sitko, Nicole M. Mason and David Skole

245897: Implications of Asia’s Changing Rice Economy for the Development of Rice Value Chains in West Africa

Ramziath T. Adjao and John Staatz

245893: Développement de la filière mangue au Mali: analyse des modèles de coordination et de partenariat entre les différents acteurs

Boubacar Diallo, Jacob Coulibaly, Tidiane Diarisso, John Staatz, Abdramane Traore and Bino Teme

234952: Fertilizer Use and Farmer Productivity in Nigeria

Lenis Liverpool-Tasie, B.T. Omonona, A. Sanou and W. Ogunleye

234951: Sustaining Input on Credit Through Dynamic Incentives and Information Sharing

S Adjognon, Lenis Liverpool-Tasie and Robert Shupp

234950: Is Fertilizer use Inconsistent with Expected Profitability for Rice Production in Nigeria?

Lenis Liverpool-Tasie

234949: • A profitability analysis of fertilizer use for maize production in Nigeria

Lenis Liverpool-Tasie, B.T. Omonona, A. Sanou and W. Ogunleye

234946: • Factors Limiting Smallholder Cattle Commercialization in Zambia

Mary Lubungu, Nicholas Sitko and Munguzwe Hichaambwa

234945: Redefining the goals and objectives of the Farm Input Subsidy Program (FISP) in Malawi

Rodney Lunduka, Jacob Ricker-Gilbert, Gerald Shively and Thom Jayne

234944: Improving the Effectiveness of Malawi’s FISP

Jacob Ricker-Gilbert, Rodney Lunduka, Gerald Shively and Thomas Jayne

234943: Understanding and Improving FISP Targeting

Rodney Lunduka, Jacob Ricker-Gilbert, Gerald Shively and Thomas Jayne

234942: Comparing FISP to Alternative Programs

Jacob Ricker-Gilbert, Rodney Lunduka, Gerald Shively and Thomas Jayne

232093: The effects of Kenya’s ‘smarter’ input subsidy

Nicole M. Mason, Ayala Wineman, Lilian Kirimi and David Mather

232087: RESULTS FROM THE 2015 MALAWI AGRICULTURE AND FOOD SECURITY POLICY PROCESSES BASELINE SURVEY

Todd Benson, Flora Nankhuni, Athur Mabiso and Mywish Maredia

230982: Let it rain: Weather extremes and household welfare in rural Kenya

Ayala Wineman, Justus Ochieng, N. Mason and L. Kirimi

212916: A Quiet Revolution Emerging in the Fish-farming Value Chain in Myanmar: Implications for National Food Security

Ben Belton, Aung Hein, Kyan Htoo, L. Seng Kham, Ulrike Nischan, Thomas Reardon and Duncan Boughton

212913: Linking Rice Farmers to Markets through Improved Coordination: Approaches and Lessons from Mali

Ryan Vroegindewey, John Staatz and Véronique Thériault

212910: Changes in Per Capita Food Availability in West Africa: Implications for Agricultural Market Development

Nathalie Me-Nsope and John Staatz

211450: Promotion d’une chaîne de valeur inclusive: Perspectives pour le riz au Mali

Boubacar Diallo, Salifou Diarra, Pierre Traoré and Francis Keïta

211448: Promotion des chaînes de valeur inclusives:perspectives et potentialités des produits horticoles au Mali

Steven Haggblade, Abdramane Traoré, Lamissa Diakité, Zéinabou Dramé and Moumouni Sidibé

211446: L’inclusion des groupes vulnérables dans

Véronique Thériault and Boubacar Barry

211445: Promotion d’une chaîne de valeur inclusive:perspectives et potentialités du manioc au Benin

Steven Haggblade, Abdramane Traoré, Bio Goura Soulé, Faridath Aboudou, Sanni Gansari, Moubarakatou Tassou and Joël D. Yallou

211443: L’inclusion des groupes vulnérables dans quatre chaînes de valeur agricoles en Afrique de l’Ouest

Steven Haggblade, Boubacar Diallo, John Staatz, Véronique Thériault and Abdramane Traoré

210860: Can Horticultural Market Agents Play A Role in the Development of Cost-Effective and Sustainable Price Information Systems?

Munguzwe Hichaambwa and Nyamwaya Munthali

210858: Does Customary Land Tenure System Encourage Local Forestry Management in Zambia? A Focus on Wood Fuel

Brian Mulenga, Chewe Nkonde and Hambulo Ngoma

208578: Agricultural Commercialization and Child Nutrition: Lessons from the Eastern Province of Zambia

Christian Kuhlgatz and Rhoda Mukuka

208577: The Paradox of High Mealie Meal Prices amidst Abundance: Maize Grain to

Brian Chisanga, Rhoda Mukuka and Antony Chapoto

207023: Is Smallholder Horticulture the Unfunded Rural Poverty Reduction Option in Zambia?

Munguzwe Hichaambwa, Stephen Kabwe and Jordan Chamberlin

207020: Is FISP Reducing Poverty among Smallholder Farm Households in Zambia?

Nicole M. Mason and Solomon Tembo

198704: Does Gender Matter when Evaluating the Economic Impacts of Smallholder Land Titling in Zambia?

Munguzwe Hichaambwa, Jordan Chamberlin and Nicholas Sitko

196827: Climate Trends and Farmers’ Perceptions of Climate Change in Zambia

Brian Mulenga and Ayala Wineman

171877: Creating Scarcity From Abundance: Bumper Harvests, High Prices, And The Role Of State Interventions In Zambian Maize Markets

Auckland Kuteya and Nicholas Sitko

171876: Can Increasing Smallholder Farm Size Broadly Reduce Rural Poverty in Zambia?

Munguzwe Hichaambwa and Thomas Jayne

171875: What Explains Minimal Usage of Minimum Tillage Practices in Zambia? Evidence from District-representative Data

Hambulo Ngoma, Brian Mulenga and Thomas Jayne

165885: Conservation Farming Adoption among Smallholder Cotton Farmers in Zambia, 2002 to 2011

Stephen Kabwe, Philip P. Grabowski, Steven Haggblade and Gelson Tembo

165883: Does Land Titling Increase Smallholder Agricultural Productivity in Zambia?

Munguzwe Hichaambwa, Nicholas Sitko and Jordan Chamberlin

162437: Success Strategies for Poverty-Alleviating Rural Development for Myanmar: Lessons from Asian Experience

Thomas Reardon

161375: Challenges of Smallholder Soybean Production and Commercialization in Eastern Province of Zambia

Mary Lubungu, William Burke and Nicholas Sitko

157784: Zambian Smallholder Behavioral Responses To Food Reserve Agency Activities (Revised Version)

Nicole Mason, Thomas Jayne and Robert Myers

157783: Smallholder Farmers Participation in Livestock Market in Zambia

Mary Lubungu, Antony Chapoto and Gelson Tembo

154940: Institutional Models for Accelerating Agricultural Commercialization: Evidence from Maize, Cotton and Horticulture

Antony Chapoto, Steven Haggblade, Munguzwe Hichaambwa, Stephen Kabwe, Steven Longabaugh, Nicholas Sitko and David Tschirley

146939: How Can the Zambian Government Improve the Targeting of the Farmer Input Support Program?

Rhoda Mukuka, Stephen Kabwe, Auckland Kuteya and Nicole Mason

146933: Fertilizer Subsidies and Smallholder Commercial Fertilizer Purchases: Crowding out, Leakage, and Policy Implications for Zambia

Nicole Mason and Thomas Jayne

132363: Where Do Urban Households in Zambia Buy their Livestock Products?

Munguzwe Hichaambwa

123556: Supply Response of Export Crops in Zambia: The Case of Coffee

Rhoda Mukuka and Awudu Abdulai