Understanding and Improving FISP Targeting

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

No 234943, Food Security Collaborative Policy Briefs from Michigan State University, Department of Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics

Abstract: Evidence suggests that FISP’s decentralized targeting system is not much more effective than a random or universal distribution of coupons. The current system also suffers from high administrative costs. Part of the challenge is that it is not entirely clear who the FISP should target, as subsidized fertilizer and hybrid seed in its current formulation under FISP may not be the best intervention for the very poor.

Keywords: Agricultural; and; Food; Policy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 5
Date: 2014-07
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.234943

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