We are living through unprecedented times. The COVID-19 pandemic threatens not only our health, but the very foundation of life itself: our food...
Low-productivity, subsistence-smallholder agriculture everywhere faces tremendous new challenges, in addition to decades-old constraints....
Subsidizing fertilizer prices has been a popular policy tool to increase fertilizer use, but should it be? The main message of this Policy Brief is...
If the concern is solely to increase fertilizer use by Sub-Saharan Africa’s smallholders, price subsidy for inorganic fertilizer can be effective....
This paper is about the basic principles which should guide fertilizer policy for smallholder agriculture in sub-Saharan Africa It is not about...
As agriculture becomes more productive, it must shed labor, which unless absorbed in non-farm jobs that pay at least as well as agriculture, would...
An ownership system, including a system of usufruct rights, that rewards individual initiative and toil. It is feasible for farm/rural families to...
Good access to lucrative markets is vital for farmers to be profitable and productive. This is evident in all agricultures that have successfully...
Why do farmers need access to newer technologies on a recurrent basis? Most subsistence farmers already know how to farm and undertake post-harvest...
Maintenance of macro and political stability over decades is essential for sustaining an environment where private incentives to invest in higher...
