Starter Packs
A Strategy to Fight Hunger in Developing Countries?
Published on 3. August 2005
Book
Hardback
320 pages
978-0-85199-008-8 (ISBN)
Description
Despite repeated interventions by governments, donors and NGOs in recent years, food insecurity continues and developing countries are forced to rely on food aid again and again. The original idea of Starter Pack was to give a tiny bag of agricultural inputs - fertiliser and seed - to every smallholder farmer in Malawi. Although the programme did not work as originally intended, it was successful in achieving food security. The scaling down of the programme was a major contributor to the food crisis which hit Malawi (and other countries in Southern Africa) at the beginning of 2002. For once, we have a success story about how hunger can be tackled efficiently. This book assesses the case of the Starter Pack programme in Malawi, and whether it can be replicated elsewhere. It covers the practicalities of implementing such a large programme and the policy debates.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Wallingford
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
Dimensions
Height: 244 mm
Width: 172 mm
Thickness: 25 mm
Weight
871 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-85199-008-8 (9780851990088)
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Schweitzer Classification
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Edited by S Levy, Consultant, University of Reading, UK
Content
1: Introduction, Sarah Levy Part 1: Origins and Management of Starter Pack 2: The Origin and Concept of Starter Pack, Malcolm Blackie and Charles K Mann 3: The Players and the Policy Issues, Harry Potter 4: The Logistics and Costs of Implementation, Charles Clark 5: Pack Distribution and the Role of Vouchers, Anthony Cullen and Max Lawson Part 2: Methodology of the Evaluation Programme 6: Design of the Evaluation Programme, Ian M Wilson 7: Experience and Innovation: How the Research Methods Evolved, Carlos Barahona 8: Lessons on Management of Large-scale Research Programmes, Sarah Levy Part 3: Lessons from Starter Pack 9: Production, Prices and Food Security: How Starter PackWorks, Sarah Levy 10: The Farmer's Perspective - Values, Incentives and Constraints, Jan Kees van Donge 11: Do Free Inputs Crowd Out the Private Sector in Agricultural Input Markets?, Clement Nyirongo 12: Practical and Policy Dilemmas of Targeting Free Inputs,Blessings Chinsinga 13: Starter Pack and Sustainable Agriculture, Carlos Barahona and Elizabeth Cromwell 14: The Challenges of Agricultural Extension, Chris Garforth 15: Why Free Inputs Failed in the Winter Season, Hiester Gondwe 16: Financing and Macroeconomic Impact: How Does Starter Pack Compare?, Sarah Levy Part 4: By Special Invitation 17: Poverty, AIDS and Food Crises, Anne C Conroy 18: Food Security Policies and Starter Pack: A Challenge for Donors?, Jane Harrigan 19: Feeding Malawi from Neighbouring Countries,Martin J Whiteside 20: Starter Pack in Rural Development Strategies, Andrew Dorward and Jonathan Kydd 21: Conclusion, Sarah Levy