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

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Levy, Sarah, 1964-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Agricultural assistance--Malawi.

Agricultural assistance.

Agricultural development projects--Malawi.

Agricultural development projects.

Economic development projects--Malawi.

Economic development projects.

Food supply--Malawi--International cooperation.

Food supply.

Food relief--Malawi.

Food relief.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (317 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Available from some providers with incorrect title: Starter packs : a srategy to fight hunger in developing countries?

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, MA : CABI Pub., 2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book assess the Starter Pack programme, set up in Malawi. This initiative involved giving away a tiny bag of agricultural inputs - fertilizer and seed - to every smallholder farmer. The book explores all phases of programme implementation; how it didn't work as originally intended, its success in achieving national food security, subsequent scaling down and the follow on food crisis that struck Malawi in 2002. The reader will gain a full understanding of the practicalities and key policy issues associated with implementing such an initiative. In the context of repeated interventions in re

Contents:

Contents; Map of Malawi; Photograph of Starter Pack Conference Delegates; General Starter Pack Photographs; Acknowledgements; Author Biographical Sketches; List of Acronyms and Glossary; A; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Introduction; PART 1: ORIGINS AND MANAGEMENT OF STARTER PACK; 1 The Origin and Concept of the Starter Pack; 2 The Players and the Policy Issues; 3 The Logistics and Costs of Implementation; 4 Pack Distribution and the Role of Vouchers; PART 2: METHODOLOGY OF THE EVALUATION PROGRAMME; 5 Design of the Evaluation Programme

6 Experience and Innovation: How the Research Methods Evolved7 Lessons on Management of Large-scale Research Programmes; PART 3: LESSONS FROM STARTER PACK; 8 Production, Prices and Food Security: How Starter Pack Works; 9 The Farmer's Perspective - Values, Incentives and Constraints; 10 Do Free Inputs Crowd Out the Private Sector in Agricultural Input Markets?; 11 Practical and Policy Dilemmas of Targeting Free Inputs; 12 Starter Pack and Sustainable Agriculture; 13 The Challenges of Agricultural Extension; 14 Why Free Inputs Failed in the Winter Season

15 Financing and Macro-economic Impact: How Does Starter Pack Compare?PART 4: BY SPECIAL INVITATION; 16 Poverty, AIDS and Food Crisis; 17 Food Security Policies and Starter Pack: a Challenge for Donors?; 18 Feeding Malawi from Neighbouring Countries; 19 Starter Pack in Rural Development Strategies; Conclusion; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; L; M; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-280-73540-6

9786610735402

1-84593-087-8

OCLC:

61751260