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Assessing The Drivers Of Tanzania’S Fertilizer Subsidy Programs From 2003-2016: An Application Of The Kaleidoscope Model Of Policy Change

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  • Mather, David
  • Ndyetabula, Daniel

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In this paper we study fertilizer subsidy schemes in Tanzania from 2003/04 through 2015/16 to better understand the key factors that led to the design and reform of various fertilizer subsidy programs in Tanzania over time and to serve as a case study to test the hypotheses from the Kaleidoscope Model of the key drivers of agricultural policy change. The analysis is based on a combination of key informant interviews and secondary literature. Focusing events played a key role in getting fertilizer subsidies on the policy agenda in Tanzania: a drought in 2002/03 was a key factor in the return of fertilizer subsidies to Tanzania in 2003/04, while the international food price crisis of 2007/08 was a key factor in Tanzania scaling up an existing pilot fertilizer voucher scheme into the large-scale National Agricultural Input Voucher Scheme (NAIVS) in 2008/09. A second key factor that put a large-scale subsidy approach on the agenda (NAIVS) was the support of powerful advocates including the President.

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  • Mather, David & Ndyetabula, Daniel, 2016. "Assessing The Drivers Of Tanzania’S Fertilizer Subsidy Programs From 2003-2016: An Application Of The Kaleidoscope Model Of Policy Change," Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Food Security Policy Research Papers 259516, Michigan State University, Department of Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics, Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Food Security (FSP).
    • Handle: RePEc:ags:miffrp:259516
    DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.259516
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