From input subsidies to compensating farmers for soil health services

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cg.authorship.typesCGIAR and developing country instituteen
cg.contributor.affiliationClim-Eaten
cg.contributor.affiliationMwAPATA Instituteen
cg.contributor.affiliationSACAUen
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Center for Tropical Agricultureen
cg.contributor.donorWorld Banken
cg.contributor.donorDeutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeiten
cg.coverage.countryMalawi
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2MW
cg.coverage.regionAfrica
cg.coverage.regionEastern Africa
cg.coverage.regionSub-Saharan Africa
cg.creator.identifierBruce M Campbell: 0000-0002-0123-4859
cg.creator.identifierEva Wollenberg: 0000-0002-4335-2562
cg.creator.identifierJan Duchoslav: 0000-0001-5745-4183
cg.identifier.projectIFPRI - Development Strategies and Governance Unit
cg.identifier.projectIFPRI - Systems Transformation - Transformation Strategies
cg.identifier.publicationRankNot ranked
cg.identifier.urlhttps://clim-eat.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Payment-for-Soil-Health-Services-CompensACTION-Policy-Brief.pdfen
cg.numberNov-23en
cg.placeWageningen, The Netherlandsen
cg.reviewStatusInternal Reviewen
cg.subject.actionAreaResilient Agrifood Systems
cg.subject.actionAreaSystems Transformation
cg.subject.alliancebiovciatAGRICULTUREen
cg.subject.alliancebiovciatCLIMATE CHANGEen
cg.subject.alliancebiovciatCLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATIONen
cg.subject.alliancebiovciatCLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATIONen
cg.subject.alliancebiovciatSMALLHOLDER FARMERSen
cg.subject.alliancebiovciatSOIL HEALTHen
cg.subject.impactAreaClimate adaptation and mitigation
cg.subject.impactAreaEnvironmental health and biodiversity
dc.contributor.authorCampbell, Bruce M.en
dc.contributor.authorNyirongo, Jacoben
dc.contributor.authorBotha, Blessingsen
dc.contributor.authorDuchoslav, Janen
dc.contributor.authorMunthali, Moses W.en
dc.contributor.authorNyondo, Christoneen
dc.contributor.authorSunga, Ishmaelen
dc.contributor.authorWollenberg, Eva Karolineen
dc.date.accessioned2024-01-11T10:53:54Zen
dc.date.available2024-01-11T10:53:54Zen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/137563
dc.titleFrom input subsidies to compensating farmers for soil health servicesen
dcterms.abstract- In many countries in Southern and Eastern Africa, input subsidy programmes are common, often focussing on inorganic fertiliser. These programmes often do not achieve their food security objectives, partly because soil health is in decline as a result of years of application of inorganic fertilisers in the absence of other soil ameliorative measures. - Solutions to soil health decline are well known, and include various combinations of fallowing, crop diversification, intercropping and crop rotations (especially legume rotations), soil organic matter additions, liming and applications of the appropriate inorganic fertilisers. But many of these come with significant socio-economic and technical challenges to farmers. - A way forward is through compensating farmers for soil health services, which will generate a multitude of private and public benefits. This would be a form of Payment for Environmental Services (PES), as supported in the global initiative CompensACTION,1 led by the German Federal Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ). - Nine recommendations for implementing a soil health payment scheme are presented, some of which focus on the broader enabling environment. - Development partners can support the implementation of Payments for Soil Heath Services schemes by: assisting countries in establishing pilot schemes for lessons learning; supporting longer term monitoring of soil health changes; supporting government efforts to repurpose subsidy policies; and facilitating public-private partnerships to leverage in private sector investment in activities that will enhance soil health.en
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Access
dcterms.bibliographicCitationCampbell, B.; Nyirongo, J.; Botha, B.; Duchoslav, J.; Munthali, M.W.; Nyondo, C.; Sunga, I.; Wollenberg, E. (2023) From input subsidies to compensating farmers for soil health services. 12 p.en
dcterms.extent12 p.en
dcterms.isPartOfCompensACTION Policy Briefen
dcterms.issued2023-11
dcterms.languageen
dcterms.licenseCC-BY-4.0
dcterms.replaceshttps://ebrary.ifpri.org/digital/collection/p15738coll5/id/9000en
dcterms.subjectclimate change mitigationen
dcterms.subjectsmallholders-smallholder farmersen
dcterms.subjectclimate changeen
dcterms.subjectagricultureen
dcterms.subjectclimate change adaptationen
dcterms.subjectfertilizers-fertilisersen
dcterms.subjectpayments for ecosystem servicesen
dcterms.subjectsoil quality-soil healthen
dcterms.subjectfarm inputs-agricultural inputsen
dcterms.typeBrief

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