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

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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Levy, Sarah, 1964-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Wallingford, UK ; Cambridge, MA : CABI Pub., ©2005.
Colección:CAB books.
Temas:
Agricultural assistance > Malawi.
Agricultural development projects > Malawi.
Economic development projects > Malawi.
Food supply > Malawi > International cooperation.
Food relief > Malawi.
Assistance agricole > Malawi.
Projets de développement agricole > Malawi.
Projets de développement économique > Malawi.
Aliments > Approvisionnement > Malawi > Coopération internationale.
Aide alimentaire > Malawi.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Industries > Agribusiness.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Agriculture > Sustainable Agriculture.
Agricultural development.
Agricultural policy.
Case studies.
Crop production.
Development programmes.
Evaluation.
Farm inputs.
Food security.
Hunger.
Small farms.
Agricultural assistance
Agricultural development projects
Economic development projects
Food relief
Food supply > International cooperation
Malawi
ontwikkelingsprojecten
development projects
kleine landbouwbedrijven
small farms
voedselzekerheid
food security
voedselhulp
food aid
input van landbouwbedrijf
farm inputs
ontwikkelingsbeleid
development policy
ontwikkelingslanden
developing countries
malawi
Development Projects
Ontwikkelingsprojecten
CD-ROMs.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario: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. Although the programme did not work as originally intended, it was successful in achieving national food security. The scaling down of the programme was a major contributor to the food crisis that hit Malawi (and other countries in southern Africa) at the beginning of 2002. The book (with accompanying CD) assesses the case of the Starter Pack programme in Malawi, and whether it can be replicated elsewhere. Part 1 (chapters 1-4) tells the story of how the programme was designed and implemented. Part 2 (chapters 5-7) outlines the evaluation methods used to produce the policy lessons presented in part 3 (chapters 8-15). Part 4 (chapters 16-19) comprises four essays by external academics and consultants, which assess the programme from different perspectives. The book has a subject index.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xxii, 295 pages) : illustrations, map
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:1845930878
9781845930875

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