The impact of “Kethata Aruna” fertilizer subsidy programme on fertilizer use and paddy production in Sri Lanka

Herath, H.M.K.V.; Gunawardena, E. R. N.; Wickramasinghe, W.M.A.D.B.

doi:10.4038/tar.v25i1.8026

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“…Sixteen studies estimated the impact of input support on production (yields and productivity). In nine of these studies [42,[46][47][48][49][50][51][52][53], input support such as seeds, fertilizer and equipment subsidies, and provision of improved and high quality seeds resulted in an increase in agricultural production. For example, the Malian Fertilizer Subsidy Programme allows farmers to purchase subsidized fertilizer from authorized distributers with the goal of increasing national agricultural production.…”

Section: Policy Type One -Input Supportmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Once again, production and farmer income were the outcomes most evaluated. The impact of extension services on production were mixed; three studies [47,49,60] reported an increase in production, and four a decrease or no effect on production [50,57,62,63]. Higher frequency, quality of services provided, on field practicals and well trained extensions officers were factors associated with a positive impact of this policy on production.…”

Section: Policy Type Three -Technical Supportmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Government policy and agricultural production: a scoping review to inform research and policy on healthy agricultural commodities

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Global Health

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Unhealthy foods and tobacco remain the leading causes of non-communicable disease (NCDs). These are key agricultural commodities for many countries, and NCD prevention policy needs to consider how to influence production towards healthier options. There has been little scholarship to bridge the agriculture with the public health literature that seeks to address the supply of healthy commodities. This scoping review synthesizes the literature on government agricultural policy and production in order to 1) present a typology of policies used to influence agricultural production, 2) to provide a preliminary overview of the ways that impact is assessed in this literature, and 3) to bring this literature into conversation with the literature on food and tobacco supply. This review analyzes the literature on government agricultural policy and production. Articles written in English and published between January 1997 and April 2018 (20-year range) were included. Only quantitative evaluations were included. Studies that collected qualitative data to supplement the quantitative analysis were also included. One hundred and three articles were included for data extraction. The following information was extracted: article details (e.g., author, title, journal), policy details (e.g., policy tools, goals, context), methods used to evaluate the policy (e.g., outcomes evaluated, sample size, limitations), and study findings. Fifty four studies examined the impact of policy on agricultural production. The remaining articles assessed land allocation (n = 25) (e.g., crop diversification, acreage expansion), efficiency (n = 23), rates of employment including on-and off-farm employment (n = 18), and farm income (n = 17) among others. Input supports, output supports and technical support had an impact on production, income and other outcomes. Although there were important exceptions, largely attributed to farm level allocation of labour or resources. Financial supports were most commonly evaluated including cash subsidies, credit, and tax benefits. This type of support resulted in an equal number of studies reporting increased production as those with no effects. This review provides initial extrapolative insights from the general literature on the impact of government policies on agricultural production. This review can inform dialogue between the health and agricultural sector and evaluative research on policy for alternatives to tobacco production and unhealthy food supply.

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Section: Policy Type One -Input Supportmentioning

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Section: Policy Type Three -Technical Supportmentioning

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Government policy and agricultural production: a scoping review to inform research and policy on healthy agricultural commodities

Lencucha

Pal

Appau³

et al. 2020

Global Health

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“…In addition, poor manure management practices can lead to the high prevalence of E-coli in the produced food and make organic produce susceptible to faecal contamination ( Mukherjee et al, 2004). In addition, Herath et al (2015) reported that the overuse of Urea compared to TSP and MOP was controlled by the subsidy programme as it made TSP and MOP available at the same price as Urea. Thus, removing subsidies can pave the way for imbalanced fertilizer application.…”

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Chemical Fertilizer Imports and the Environment: Evidence-based Approach for a Green Economy Accounting for the Tradeoff

Wijesinghe

2021

Sri Lanka Jnl Econ. Res.

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The direct and indirect impact of high-input use agriculture- popularised by the Green Revolution- on the environment is the major thrust of this perspective. The paper discusses an integrated approach to minimise the negative impacts, accounting for the proposed ban of synthetic fertilizers and the tradeoff between the environment and productivity resulting from such a ban. Noteworthy stylised facts of the discussion are threefold. First, the Green Revolution reduced the growth of extensive expansion of agricultural lands via intensification, which subdued the pressure on forest cover. Additionally, productivity increase releases marginal lands for vital ecological services such as pollinator habitats. Second, synthetic fertilizer resulted in higher productivity in the agriculture sector, increasing the GDP and facilitating structural transformation. Given that a quarter of the workforce is in the agriculture sector, gradual movement of the labor force to the industrial sector is vital, while the agriculture sector workforce become self-reliant in facing environmental and climatic events. Thus, continuous investment in agricultural productivity growth should be a priority to create fiscal space for the investments in meaningful green initiatives and reduce the vulnerability of the rural poor. Third, evidence-based solutions such as site-specific fertilizer recommendations, soil testing, and discouraging overuse of nitrogenous fertilizer through tariffs should be practised to mitigate the adverse environmental impact of synthetic fertilizer, especially nitrogen fertilizer. Complete removal of the subsidy may generate overreaching welfare and environmental ramifications, although it is widely suggested.

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“…According to Herath, et al (2013), the intervention in the form of providing fertilizer subsidies, especially chemical fertilizers, will increase the use of that fertilizer so in the end the agriculture production will also increase. Unfortunately, the increase in the use of chemical fertilizers also has an impact on the contamination of agricultural products (Sharma and Singhvi, 2017), a gradual decline in the health quality of workers in the agricultural sector due to interactions with chemical inputs (Kishi, et al, 1995), land degradation (Pretty, J., 2008), and increasing CO2 emissions that contribute to climate change (Bartelings, et al, 2016).…”

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Direct Fertilizer Subsidies on Production and Household Income in Indonesia

2021

trikonomika

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This research aims to analyze the effect of fertilizer subsidies on the production and household income of rice farming in Indonesia using the 2017 crops business cost structure survey data. Utilizing the Ordinary Least Square (OLS) method, this research shows that rice farming households that received fertilizer subsidies have higher production and income than households that did not receive subsidies. Simultaneously, in the Two-Stage Least Square (TSLS) method, the usage of the ownership status of a household residential building as an instrument for the fertilizer subsidy variable is considered inaccurate so that it cannot answer the research objectives.

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The impact of “Kethata Aruna” fertilizer subsidy programme on fertilizer use and paddy production in Sri Lanka

Cited by 11 publications

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Government policy and agricultural production: a scoping review to inform research and policy on healthy agricultural commodities

Government policy and agricultural production: a scoping review to inform research and policy on healthy agricultural commodities

Chemical Fertilizer Imports and the Environment: Evidence-based Approach for a Green Economy Accounting for the Tradeoff

Direct Fertilizer Subsidies on Production and Household Income in Indonesia

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