Download or read book The Nigerian Rice Economy written by Kwabena Gyimah-Brempong and published by University of Pennsylvania Press. This book was released on 2016-08-10 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In The Nigerian Rice Economy the authors assess three options for reducing this dependency - tariffs and other trade policies; increasing domestic rice production; and improving post-harvest rice processing and marketing - and identify improved production and post-harvest activities as the most promising. These options however, will require substantially increased public investments in a variety of areas, including research and development, basic infrastructure (for example, irrigation, feeder roads, and electricity), and rice milling technologies.
Download or read book Synopsis of the Nigerian Rice Economy written by Kwabena Gyimah-Brempong and published by . This book was released on 2016-01-31 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Integrated Assessment of the Impact of Trade Liberalization written by and published by UNEP/Earthprint. This book was released on 2005 with total page 110 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This publication sets out an integrated assessment of the economic, social and environmental impacts of rice production in Nigeria within the framework of trade liberalisation, particularly the WTO Agreement on Agriculture (AoA). This is part of an UNEP research project which has also examined impacts on other rice producing countries including China, Colombia, Senegal and Indonesia.
Download or read book The Nigerian Rice Economy written by Kwabena Gyimah-Brempong and published by University of Pennsylvania Press. This book was released on 2016-07-22 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Published for the International Food Policy Research Institute.
Download or read book Estimating financing gaps in rice production in southwestern Nigeria written by Temitope O. Ojo and published by Intl Food Policy Res Inst. This book was released on 2019-11-27 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study analyzed the financing gaps relative to production frontier of rice farmers in Southwestern Nigeria. A multistage sampling technique was used to collect cross sectional data from 360 rice farmers selected from three States in the region. A Cobb-Douglas stochastic frontier and an adapted form of Harrod-Domar (HD) Growth model was employed to determine the financing gap required for the farmers to be at the frontier level. The empirical results of the frontier model show that quantity of labor, quantity of rice as planting material and herbicides were statistically significant in explaining the variations in the efficiency of rice production in Nigeria. However, age, gender, farming experience, household size, access to credit, access to information, adoption of improved variety and location of rice farmers as sources of technical inefficiencies. As revealed by the result of the HD growth model, the average amount of credit per season that farmers had access to was, ₦38,630.56 while the mean financing in the form of credit required to produce at the frontier level was ₦193,626.50, showing a financing shortfall of about 80%. As unravelled by the result of the study, it can thus be concluded that technical efficiency of rice farmers can be improved by improving access to timely credit and agricultural information for improving rice productivity. These findings suggest that filling the financing gap of smallholder rice farmers will improve rice productivity in Nigeria. The study, therefore, recommends that strengthening the existing technology by building farmers’ capacity on farm management practices would be surest means of improving rice productivity growth in Nigeria. This would not only contribute to the intensification of rice production in Nigeria to meet its increasing rice demand, but also improve rice farmers’ productivity and their households’ incomes.
Download or read book Assessing the state of the rice milling sector in Nigeria The role of policy for growth and modernization written by Johnson, Michael E. and published by Intl Food Policy Res Inst. This book was released on 2017-01-10 with total page 29 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We use an industry profit maximization model to conduct an ex-post impact assessment on the extent the rice milling sector in Nigeria has grown and improved its performance in producing high quality premium rice following major public sector interventions made under the Agricultural Transformation Agenda. Given challenges with the availability and qual-ity of data, this assessment looks at the changes between two periods, 2009 and 2013, and simulates the performance of the sector under different technology capacities and policy scenarios. We find that the government has been success-ful in expanding quality paddy production and milling capacity in the country along with an increase in capacity utilization in the medium and large-scale milling sub-sectors. As a result, the production of premium quality rice has increased by approximately 0.5 million metric tons between the two periods. Despite these gains, the industry did not see any overall increase in employment in the medium and large-scale sub-sectors. Further focus by the government on expanding the supply of high quality rice paddy, while maintaining high tariffs to keep the medium and large scale milling sector viable, may provide the best opportunity for Nigeria to reach its goal of self-sufficiency in rice production.
Download or read book Socio economic Characterization of Upland Rice Production in Nigeria written by Heiko Zeller and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 171 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Value Chain Analysis of Local Rice Oryza glaberrima Production in Ebonyi State Nigeria written by Udeme Usanga and published by GRIN Verlag. This book was released on 2023-08-21 with total page 25 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Seminar paper from the year 2019 in the subject Agrarian Studies, grade: Conference Research Paper, National Open University of Nigeria (National Root Crops Research Institute, Umudike), course: Agricultural Production Economics, language: English, abstract: This study examined local rice production and value addition in Ebonyi State, Nigeria. Data were purposely collected from Ishiagu and Abakiliki from 144 rice value chain actors. It was found that wholesalers enjoy the largest share of the marketing margin, where at cross boundary markets, the wholesalers’ profit goes as higher as N76.0/kg as compared to N39.5/kg, received by local farmers, showing unequal distribution of benefits among the local rice value chain actors, where reward to traders is extremely higher than that of producers. The profitability analysis shows a net return of N4, 085 with a BCR of 1.14:1, meaning that local rice production is viable and profitable in the area. Two separate multiple regression analysis, using the double-log regression as the lead equation for the producers (farmers) gave R2 of 0.923 and F-Ratio of 51.031, being an indication that 92.3% of the variation in the rice output was explained by the explanatory variables, while 7.70% was accounted-for due to error term (ei) and uncaptured variables. For the secondary value chain actors (transporters, millers, wholesalers and retailers), the exponential function gave R2 of 0.782 and F-Ratio of 38.104, being an indication that 78.2% of the variation in the rice output was explained by the explanatory variables (socio-economic characteristics) while 21.8% was accounted-for due to stochastic error term (ei) and uncaptured variables. The study recommended improvement of effectiveness in cooperative membership to attract finance for rice production, inputs and value addition, purchase of machines for processing and packaging, transportation and marketing. Furthermore, lack of adequate agricultural infrastructure and market information systems was observed to be critical areas of policy concerns. Policies for microcredit institutions on provision of credits to local rice farmers are also recommended to improve rice productivity by capacitating smallholder farmers to use modern agricultural machinery.
Download or read book Practical Guide to Lowland Rice Production in Nigeria written by Cletus C. Nwakpu and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Estimating Financing Gaps in Rice Production in Southwestern Nigeria written by Temitope O. Ojo and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Problems and Prospects for Rice Production in Northern Nigeria written by and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Importance of rice research and development in rice seed policies written by Takeshima, Hiroyuki and published by Intl Food Policy Res Inst. This book was released on with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First, this paper shows that rice varietal development in Nigeria has been lagging behind that of other developing countries in Asia and Latin America, due partly to insufficient investment in domestic rice R&D. The paper then illustrates using a household model simulation that impacts of certain policies, such as the seed subsidy, may be greater (smaller) if they are applied to good (poor) varieties. The paper concludes by discussing key policy implications and future research needs.
Download or read book Economic Burden of Diseases and Rice Production Efficiency in Nigeria written by Sakiru Oladele Akinbode and published by LAP Lambert Academic Publishing. This book was released on 2012-02 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A substantial proportion of rice needs in Nigeria is still imported and there is need to increase production. Supply of labour is reduced when household members are beset with diseases. This study investigated the economic implications of diseases among rice farming households and how it affects efficiency of rice production. A total of 208 rice farming households were sampled.Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, cost of illness analysis, costs and returns analyzes, Stochastic Frontier Analysis and Tobit regression analysis. Majority of the farmers did not have contact with extension agents and 56% had no access to credit. They acquired land by inheritance (61%). Households incurred substantial cost due to illnesses (about half of which were time cost) and lost average of 12 days to illnesses during the rice production cycle. The return to scale estimation revealed that farmers in Ogun state were operating in stage I, hence, the need to employ more inputs. The shortfall in efficiency mean output can still be improved using certain corrective measures. The study recommended more extension services including health education to cover more villages among other thin
Download or read book Effects of the Ban on Imported Foreign Rice on the Nigerian Population and Economy written by Yasir Abubakar and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page 43 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The ban on imported rice was initiated by the federal government under the leadership of President Muhammad Buhari. The government's main reason to initiate such ban was to improve local rice production and to cut costs in order to reduce the burden on the Nigerian foreign reserve (mainly sourced through crude oil sales).
Download or read book Consumer Preferences for Sustainable Rice Practices in Nigeria written by Glory E. Okpiaifo and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page 110 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Improving the sustainability of rice production is important given its position as a global staple and its environmental footprint. The adoption of sustainable practices can generate positive externalities such as lower environmental pollution and improved working conditions for rice industry workers that could be capitalized via the design of consumer-based marketing strategies. The Sustainable Rice Platform (SRP) initiative aims at advancing the adoption of sustainable practices in rice production. We assess consumers' perceptions of the SRP sustainability indicators using the Best-Worst Scaling approach to rank SRP sustainability attributes according to their preference shares and examine the effects of demographic characteristics and rice purchasing habits on these shares. The results show that Nigerian consumers have a strong preference for sustainability indicators associated with food safety and health and safety, and that preferences are robust across households' demographic and consumption characteristics. Our results can help guide private and public sustainability policy development and investment in Nigeria's rice economy that are grounded in consumer preferences for such attributes.
Download or read book The Rice Crisis written by David Dawe and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2012-07-26 with total page 394 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The recent escalation of world food prices – particularly for cereals - prompted mass public indignation and demonstrations in many countries, from the price of tortilla flour in Mexico to that of rice in the Philippines and pasta in Italy. The crisis has important implications for future government trade and food security policies, as countries re-evaluate their reliance on potentially more volatile world markets to augment domestic supplies of staple foods. This book examines how government policies caused and responded to soaring world prices in the particular case of rice, which is the world's most important source of calories for the poor. Comparable case studies of policy reactions in different countries, principally across Asia, but also including the USA, provide the understanding necessary to evaluate the impact of trade policy on the food security of poor farmers and consumers. They also provide important insights into the concerns of developing countries that are relevant for future international trade negotiations in key agricultural commodities. As a result, more appropriate policies can be put in place to ensure more stable food supplies in the future. Published with the Food and Agriculture (FAO) Organization of the United Nations
Download or read book Rice Production Processing Utilization and Marketing in Nigeria written by C. K. Daudu and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
