In spite of vast expanses of the country’s land currently being uncultivated, there is increasing evidence that a surprisingly high share of rural smallholder households face land constraints that adversely affect their productivity and ability to participate in agricultural supply chains.

A number of problems plague the current Farmer Input Support Programme (FISP), including: late delivery of inputs; distribution of standardized inputs that may not be appropriate for all agro-ecological zones or soil types; crowding out of private sector; poor targeting, and; high cost to the...

Distributed as: Appendix 1. Background Paper for Agriculture and Lands. African Ministers Meeting, April 2009. Prepared under the Food Security III Cooperative Agreement (GDG-A- 00-02-00021-00) between the Department of Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics, Michigan State University, and...

Resultados das investigações do Departamento de Análise de Políticas MADER-Direcção de Economía

Südafrika und Afrikas jüngster Staat Namibia bilden auch heute - knapp ein Jahr nach der politischen Trennung - noch ein wirtschaftlich eng miteinander verflochtenes und - aus der Sicht Namibias - von der Situation des ehemaligen Partners stark beeinflußtes Staatenpaar, das zudem in sehr...