The Nigerian rice economy: Policy options for transforming production, marketing, and trade

Rice has become one of Nigeria's leading food staples. And rice consumption has outpaced production, making Nigeria the world's leading importer of rice. As a result, reducing import dependence is now a major goal of Nigerian policymakers. In The Nigerian Rice Economy the authors assess three option...

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Main Authors: Gyimah-Brempong, Kwabena, Johnson, Michael E., Takeshima, Hiroyuki
Format: Libro
Language:Inglés
Published: International Food Policy Research Institute 2016
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/145139
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Takeshima, Hiroyuki
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description Rice has become one of Nigeria's leading food staples. And rice consumption has outpaced production, making Nigeria the world's leading importer of rice. As a result, reducing import dependence is now a major goal of Nigerian policymakers. 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 postharvest 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. The analysis, methods used, and recommendations provided in The Nigerian Rice Economy will be equally valuable to a broad range of readers including researchers, development specialists, students, and others concerned with applications of food policy analysis and economic development more broadly in Nigeria and elsewhere in Africa south of the Sahara.
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spelling CGSpace1451392025-11-06T04:09:41Z The Nigerian rice economy: Policy options for transforming production, marketing, and trade Gyimah-Brempong, Kwabena Johnson, Michael E. Takeshima, Hiroyuki rice trade markets trade policies international trade food consumption imports Rice has become one of Nigeria's leading food staples. And rice consumption has outpaced production, making Nigeria the world's leading importer of rice. As a result, reducing import dependence is now a major goal of Nigerian policymakers. 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 postharvest 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. The analysis, methods used, and recommendations provided in The Nigerian Rice Economy will be equally valuable to a broad range of readers including researchers, development specialists, students, and others concerned with applications of food policy analysis and economic development more broadly in Nigeria and elsewhere in Africa south of the Sahara. 2016-07-22 2024-06-11T16:41:58Z 2024-06-11T16:41:58Z Book https://hdl.handle.net/10568/145139 en Open Access application/pdf application/pdf application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Gyimah-Brempong, Kwabena; Johnson, Michael E.; and Takeshima, Hiroyuki, eds. 2016. The Nigerian rice economy: Policy options for transforming production, marketing, and trade. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). https://doi.org/10.2499/9780812248951.
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