The enabling environment for informal food traders in Nigeria’s secondary cities
Informal vendors are a critical source of food security for urban residents in African cities. However, the livelihoods of these traders and the governance constraints they encounter are not well-understood outside of the region’s capital and primate cities. This study focuses on two distinct second...
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International Food Policy Research Institute
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| author | Resnick, Danielle Sivasubramanian, Bhavna Idiong, Idiong Christopher Ojo, Michael Akindele Tanko, Likita |
| author_browse | Idiong, Idiong Christopher Ojo, Michael Akindele Resnick, Danielle Sivasubramanian, Bhavna Tanko, Likita |
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| description | Informal vendors are a critical source of food security for urban residents in African cities. However, the livelihoods of these traders and the governance constraints they encounter are not well-understood outside of the region’s capital and primate cities. This study focuses on two distinct secondary cities in Nigeria, Calabar in the South-South geopolitical zone of the country and Minna in the Middle Belt region. Local and state officials in each city were interviewed on the legal, institutional, and oversight functions they provide within the informal food sector. This was complemented with a survey of 1,097 traders across the two cities to assess their demographic characteristics, contributions to local food security, key challenges they face for profitability, engagement with government actors, and degree of access to services in the markets. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1458912025-11-06T07:47:09Z The enabling environment for informal food traders in Nigeria’s secondary cities Resnick, Danielle Sivasubramanian, Bhavna Idiong, Idiong Christopher Ojo, Michael Akindele Tanko, Likita street vendors street foods informal sector food policies urban areas capacity development food safety food security towns Informal vendors are a critical source of food security for urban residents in African cities. However, the livelihoods of these traders and the governance constraints they encounter are not well-understood outside of the region’s capital and primate cities. This study focuses on two distinct secondary cities in Nigeria, Calabar in the South-South geopolitical zone of the country and Minna in the Middle Belt region. Local and state officials in each city were interviewed on the legal, institutional, and oversight functions they provide within the informal food sector. This was complemented with a survey of 1,097 traders across the two cities to assess their demographic characteristics, contributions to local food security, key challenges they face for profitability, engagement with government actors, and degree of access to services in the markets. 2018-10-22 2024-06-21T09:05:17Z 2024-06-21T09:05:17Z Working Paper https://hdl.handle.net/10568/145891 en https://hdl.handle.net/10568/145830 https://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.133774 Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Resnick, Danielle; Sivasubramanian, Bhavna; Idiong, Idiong Christopher; Ojo, Michael Akindele; and Tanko, Likita. 2018. The enabling environment for informal food traders in Nigeria’s secondary cities. NSSP Working Paper 59. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). https://hdl.handle.net/10568/145891 |
| spellingShingle | street vendors street foods informal sector food policies urban areas capacity development food safety food security towns Resnick, Danielle Sivasubramanian, Bhavna Idiong, Idiong Christopher Ojo, Michael Akindele Tanko, Likita The enabling environment for informal food traders in Nigeria’s secondary cities |
| title | The enabling environment for informal food traders in Nigeria’s secondary cities |
| title_full | The enabling environment for informal food traders in Nigeria’s secondary cities |
| title_fullStr | The enabling environment for informal food traders in Nigeria’s secondary cities |
| title_full_unstemmed | The enabling environment for informal food traders in Nigeria’s secondary cities |
| title_short | The enabling environment for informal food traders in Nigeria’s secondary cities |
| title_sort | enabling environment for informal food traders in nigeria s secondary cities |
| topic | street vendors street foods informal sector food policies urban areas capacity development food safety food security towns |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/145891 |
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