Tanzania Public Expenditure Review : National Agricultural Input Voucher Scheme

Tanzania is largely an agriculture-based economy. This sector accounts for over three-quarters of national employment, and approximately 25 percent of gross domestic product (GDP). The national agricultural input voucher scheme (NAIVS) is a market...

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Main Author:	World Bank
Format:	Public Expenditure Review
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Washington, DC 2014
Subjects:	ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT AGRICULTURAL ECONOMY AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION AGRICULTURAL HOUSEHOLDS AGRICULTURAL INPUTS AGRICULTURAL MARKET AGRICULTURAL MARKETS AGRICULTURAL SECTOR ARABLE LAND AVERAGE COSTS AVERAGE YIELDS BASIC NEEDS BEANS BENEFICIARY HOUSEHOLDS BUDGET CONSTRAINTS BUYING POWER CASH CROPS CASH PAYMENTS CASSAVA CENTRAL REGIONS CEREALS CHEMICAL FERTILIZERS CLIMATIC CONDITIONS CLIMATIC ZONES COMMERCIAL BANK COMMERCIAL SEED COMMUNITY SURVEY CONSUMPTION LEVELS COOPERATIVES CORRUPTION COST ANALYSIS COST EFFECTIVENESS COST-EFFECTIVENESS COTTON COTTON PRODUCTION CREDIT MARKETS CREDIT PROGRAM CROP CROP AREA CROP PRODUCTION CROPPING CULTIVATION DEBTS DISTRIBUTION OF BENEFITS DRIER REGIONS ECONOMIC COOPERATION ECONOMIC CRISIS ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC REFORM EMPOWERMENT EXCLUSION EXPENDITURE EXPENDITURES EXPORTS EXTREME POVERTY FARM FARM HOUSEHOLDS FARMER FARMERS FARMING FARMING SYSTEMS FEMALE-HEADED HOUSEHOLDS FERTILIZER FERTILIZER SUBSIDIES FERTILIZER SUBSIDY FERTILIZER USE FINANCIAL SUPPORT FISH PROCESSING FOOD CROP FOOD CROPS FOOD GRAINS FOOD POVERTY FOOD POVERTY LINE FOOD PRICES FOOD SECURITY FRESH SEED GDP GENDER GOVERNMENT FUNDING GRAIN GRAIN PRICES GRAIN PRODUCTION GRAIN PRODUCTS GRAIN YIELDS GREEN REVOLUTION GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT GROWTH IN AGRICULTURE GROWTH RATE HOUSEHOLD BUDGET HOUSEHOLD CONTROLS HOUSEHOLD HEAD HOUSEHOLD SIZE HOUSEHOLDS HOUSING HYBRID SEED INCOME INCOME GAINS INPUT PRICES INTEREST RATE INVESTMENT PLAN IRRIGATION LANDHOLDINGS LIVESTOCK DEVELOPMENT LIVESTOCK OFFICER LIVING STANDARDS LOAN MAIZE MAIZE PRODUCTION MAIZE YIELDS MAJORITY OF FARMERS MARKET EFFICIENCY MERCHANTS MICROFINANCE MONOPOLIES PADDY PADDY YIELDS PER CAPITA INCOME PLANTING POORER HOUSEHOLDS POOREST HOUSEHOLDS POPULATION GROWTH POVERTY LEVEL PRICE CONTROLS PRODUCE PRODUCTION COSTS PRODUCTIVITY PROFITABILITY RAINFALL REGIONS RECEIPT REDUCTION OF POVERTY REGIONAL DROUGHT REGIONAL GOVERNMENT REGIONAL LEVEL RETURN ON INVESTMENT RICE RICE PRODUCTION RICE-GROWING REGIONS RURAL CREDIT RURAL DEVELOPMENT RURAL POPULATION RURAL REGION RURAL ROADS SEED SEED SYSTEM SEED VARIETIES SEEDS SMALLHOLDER SMALLHOLDER FARMERS SMALLHOLDER HOUSEHOLDS SMALLHOLDERS SOIL TYPES SORGHUM SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION SUBSIDY COST SUBSIDY COSTS SUNFLOWER SUPPLY CHAINS TEA VILLAGE VILLAGE ASSEMBLY VILLAGE LEVEL VILLAGES VOUCHER VOUCHERS WEED CONTROL YIELD INCREMENTS YIELDS NAIVS
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2014/02/19456105/tanzania-strengthening-national-comprehensive-agricultural-public-expenditure-sub-saharan-africa-national-agricultural-input-voucher-scheme-naivs http://hdl.handle.net/10986/18247

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Summary:	Tanzania is largely an agriculture-based economy. This sector accounts for over three-quarters of national employment, and approximately 25 percent of gross domestic product (GDP). The national agricultural input voucher scheme (NAIVS) is a market smart input subsidy program designed in response to the sharp rise in global grain and fertilizer prices in 2007 and 2008. The main aim of the program is to raise maize and rice production, and thus preserve Tanzania's household and national food security. During the period from 2008 to 2013, approximately United States (U.S.) 300 million dollars has been invested in providing more than 2.5 million smallholder farmers with a 50 percent subsidy on a one acre package of maize or rice seed, and chemical fertilizer. The input subsidy program helped Tanzanian smallholders harvest more than 2.5 million tons of additional maize and rice grain. The NAIVS program also faced multiple logistical challenges. These challenges are being considered in the government's new big results now initiative. This report summarizes the results of an overview of the program, and the results of two major impact surveys independently conducted in late 2010 and late 2012. Chapter one places the NAIVS in context, reviewing the status of the agricultural economy and the importance of grain production in the country. Chapter two provides an overview of the NAIVS program, including budget, expenditure, and implementation rules. Chapter three briefly summarizes the impact survey results and highlights the financial and economic returns of the program. Chapter four discusses the challenges faced during implementation of the NAIVs, and chapter five reviews the implications for further investment in this sort of input subsidy.

Tanzania Public Expenditure Review : National Agricultural Input Voucher Scheme

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