The Farmer-Input Subsidy Program (FISP) Does not Service the Poor

This article focuses on the Farmer Input Subsidy Program (FISP) in Southern Africa. The FISPs are part of agricultural support by governments providing input subsidies to small-scale farmers from public resources. FISPs are intended to reduce the production costs of small-scale farmers. Rural women...

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Autor principal: Andrews, Mercia
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Palgrave Macmillan UK 2021
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Local/Global Encounters
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8548859/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34720543
http://dx.doi.org/10.1057/s41301-021-00317-w
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description This article focuses on the Farmer Input Subsidy Program (FISP) in Southern Africa. The FISPs are part of agricultural support by governments providing input subsidies to small-scale farmers from public resources. FISPs are intended to reduce the production costs of small-scale farmers. Rural women members of the Rural Women’s Assembly (RWA) in Southern Africa argue that the FISP is captured by the global agro-industry and that the FISP, far from providing real support to farmers, advances a green-revolution agenda and has become a tool of the political elites and MNCs.
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spelling pubmed-85488592021-10-27 The Farmer-Input Subsidy Program (FISP) Does not Service the Poor Andrews, Mercia Development (Rome) Local/Global Encounters This article focuses on the Farmer Input Subsidy Program (FISP) in Southern Africa. The FISPs are part of agricultural support by governments providing input subsidies to small-scale farmers from public resources. FISPs are intended to reduce the production costs of small-scale farmers. Rural women members of the Rural Women’s Assembly (RWA) in Southern Africa argue that the FISP is captured by the global agro-industry and that the FISP, far from providing real support to farmers, advances a green-revolution agenda and has become a tool of the political elites and MNCs. Palgrave Macmillan UK 2021-10-27 2021 /pmc/articles/PMC8548859/ /pubmed/34720543 http://dx.doi.org/10.1057/s41301-021-00317-w Text en © Society for International Development 2021 This article is made available via the PMC Open Access Subset for unrestricted research re-use and secondary analysis in any form or by any means with acknowledgement of the original source. These permissions are granted for the duration of the World Health Organization (WHO) declaration of COVID-19 as a global pandemic.
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