{"id":739,"date":"2007-12-15T17:44:46","date_gmt":"2007-12-15T17:44:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/africaresearchinstitute.org\/wordpress\/?p=739"},"modified":"2016-03-01T15:43:47","modified_gmt":"2016-03-01T15:43:47","slug":"making-fertiliser-subsidies-work-in-malawi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/africaresearchinstitute.org\/wordpress\/making-fertiliser-subsidies-work-in-malawi\/","title":{"rendered":"Making fertiliser subsidies work in Malawi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/africaresearchinstitute.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/12\/BN-0703-Malawi-Fertiliser.pdf\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-795\" style=\"border: 1px solid black;\" title=\"Malawi, fertiliser, fertiliser subsidy, agriculture, Blessings Chinsinga, food security\" src=\"https:\/\/africaresearchinstitute.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/12\/BN-Malawi-Fertiliser-cover-212x300.jpg\" alt=\"Malawi, fertiliser, fertiliser subsidy, agriculture, Blessings Chinsinga, food security\" width=\"212\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/africaresearchinstitute.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/12\/BN-Malawi-Fertiliser-cover-212x300.jpg 212w, https:\/\/africaresearchinstitute.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/12\/BN-Malawi-Fertiliser-cover-723x1024.jpg 723w, https:\/\/africaresearchinstitute.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/12\/BN-Malawi-Fertiliser-cover-170x240.jpg 170w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 212px) 100vw, 212px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This briefing note highlights the role of fertiliser subsidies in Malawi, the world&#8217;s fifth poorest country. Malawi has suffered recurrent poor harvests, with disastrous consequences for food security since the early 1990s. Yields have improved significantly in the past two years, helped by a government subsidy scheme that has improved access to fertiliser by smallholder farmers.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/africaresearchinstitute.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/12\/BN-0703-Malawi-Fertiliser.pdf\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1278\" title=\"Download PDF\" src=\"https:\/\/africaresearchinstitute.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/pdf_download_ari.png\" alt=\"Download PDF\" width=\"55\" height=\"48\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This briefing note highlights the role of fertiliser subsidies in Malawi, the world&#8217;s fifth poorest country. 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