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Targeting of Subsidized Fertilizer Under Kenya's National Accelerated Agricultural Input Access Program (NAAIAP)

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dc.contributor.author Sheahan, Megan
dc.contributor.author Olwande, John
dc.contributor.author Kirimi, Lilian
dc.contributor.author Jayne, T.S.
dc.date.issued 2014
dc.date.accessioned 2021-03-30T08:04:14Z
dc.date.available 2021-03-30T08:04:14Z
dc.identifier.uri http://41.89.96.81:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/2353
dc.description.abstract Abstract A new wave of “market smart” modern input subsidy schemes has emerged in sub-Saharan Africa over the past decade with the promise of increasing input use and grain yields while building or complementing private sector efforts. We study the extent to which geographic and household level targeting under Kenya’s National Accelerated Agricultural Input Access Program (NAAIAP) has remained true to its “market smart” objectives using household level panel data from before and during the initial years of program implementation (2007-2010). Using a sample of households that plausibly received the NAAIAP voucher, we find that the average socio-economic status of a division and the wealth level of individual households within those divisions are strong predictors of subsidy received, suggesting that “resource poor” farmers were targeted as suggested in the program guidelines. However, we find that a large portion of the targeted households used commercial fertilizer before the start of the program and often in high amounts, implying that vouchers were not necessarily distributed to households who lacked the financial capacity to purchase fertilizer on commercial terms. Key words: fertilizer, subsidy, vouchers, market smart, targeting en_US
dc.description.sponsorship United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation en_US
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.publisher Tegemeo Institute en_US
dc.subject Subsidized Fertilizer -- National Accelerated Agricultural Input Access Program (NAAIAP) en_US
dc.title Targeting of Subsidized Fertilizer Under Kenya's National Accelerated Agricultural Input Access Program (NAAIAP) en_US
dc.title.alternative Working Paper 52 en_US
dc.type Working Paper en_US


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    Tegemeo Institute of Agricultural Policy and Development is a policy research institute under the Division of Research and Extension ofEgerton University. The Institute is established under Statute 23 (14-t) of the Egerton University Statutes, 2013 under the Universities Act , 2012 (No. 42 of 2012) and its Instruments.

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