Fostering fertilizer use and welfare distribution in Tanzania: implica-tions for policy and practice

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dc.contributor.authorMwinuka, Lutengano
dc.date.accessioned2024-08-16T07:02:13Z
dc.date.available2024-08-16T07:02:13Z
dc.date.issued2018
dc.descriptionFull text article. Available at http://dx.doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.78043
dc.description.abstractThis chapter attempts to assess the way the welfare effect is distributed among various players of the fertilizer supply chain and how fertilizer use can be promoted using micro fertilization technology. As policy debates over fertilizer use promotion have not yet come full circle, this chapter derives important implications for policy and practice. In particular, illustrations and economic-surplus effects framework were used to indicate expected impacts of fertilizer microdosing on crop yields and welfare. Lowdimension diagrammatic analysis using supply and demand curves was used together with detailed assessment of actors’ interactions in the fertilizer supply chain. In terms of welfare, crop producers, consumers and other market agents gain more if fertilizer microdosing is adopted by farmers. However, the magnitude of welfare effects varies as the slope of demand and supply curves change due to marginal fertilizer costs, crop prices and yield responses. Other influencing factors are soil moisture, the microdose rate, cropping system and general farm management practices. Thus, fertilizer microdosing can easily foster fertilizer use if the country elites implement a rational consistent policy, hence improving the welfare of players if adoption of the technology is reinforced with an efficient fertilizer supply chain.
dc.identifier.citationMwinuka, L. (2018). Fostering Fertilizer Use and Welfare Distribution in Tanzania: Implications for Policy and Practice. In Soil Productivity Enhancement. IntechOpen.
dc.identifier.doi10.5772/intechopen.78043
dc.identifier.otherDOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.78043
dc.identifier.otherURL: https://web.archive.org/web/20190503034232id_/https://cdn.intechopen.com/pdfs/61554.pdf
dc.identifier.urihttps://repository.udom.ac.tz/handle/20.500.12661/4559
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherIntechOpen
dc.relation.ispartofSoil Productivity Enhancement
dc.subjectWelfare distribution
dc.subjectEconomic-surplus model
dc.subjectFertilizer microdosing
dc.subjectSupply chain
dc.subjectTanzania
dc.titleFostering fertilizer use and welfare distribution in Tanzania: implica-tions for policy and practice
dc.typeBook chapter
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