Policy Brief: The impact of mechanization in smallholder rice production in Nigeria: Promising business cases for rice smallholders for income increasing and climate smart interventions

Nigeria is Africa’s largest producer of rice. In 2019, Nigeria produced 8.435.000 tons of rice (FAO, 2020), over 90% of which is grown by smallholder farmers on averagely less than two hectares of farmland (Kok & Snel, 2019; Ricepedia, 2012). From 2015 to 2019 the yield per hectare has decreased fro...

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Main Author: Axmann, Heike
Format: Brief
Language:Inglés
Published: Wageningen University & Research 2021
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/113958

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