The objective is to describe recent efforts to stimulate input supply and demand in SSA and to discuss the lessons learned. We draw primarily on work conducted under the FS II Cooperative Agreement, including a set of papers commissioned for a special issue of Food Policy. We review six types of activities designed to improve input use: (1) profitability analysis to assess causes of limited input use and identify geographic priorities for market development, (2) research and extension to increase input use efficiency, (3) identification of policies and investments capable of reducing input costs, (4) programs promoting inputs in high-risk environments, (5) training to improve farmers’ capacity for collective action, and (6) monitoring of policy reforms and their impacts on input market development.
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