Assessing the potential and policy alternatives for achieving rice competitiveness and growth in Nigeria

The principal objective of this paper is to review and assess the policy implications and potential for Nigeria to transform its domestic rice sector and become more competitive with imports in order to ultimately displace them over time. Preliminary results show that import restrictions alone will...

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Autores principales: Johnson, Michael E., Takeshima, Hiroyuki, Gyimah-Brempong, Kwabena
Formato: Artículo preliminar
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: International Food Policy Research Institute 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/153643
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Takeshima, Hiroyuki
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description The principal objective of this paper is to review and assess the policy implications and potential for Nigeria to transform its domestic rice sector and become more competitive with imports in order to ultimately displace them over time. Preliminary results show that import restrictions alone will not be effective at achieving self-sufficiency in rice production. While there is a huge potential to increase the competitiveness of local rice, even this will not be sufficient to displace imports in the short and medium term. This is especially true so long local varieties cannot compete on quality and post-harvest processes remain inadequate for milling, packaging, and branding.
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spelling CGSpace1536432025-11-06T06:31:25Z Assessing the potential and policy alternatives for achieving rice competitiveness and growth in Nigeria Johnson, Michael E. Takeshima, Hiroyuki Gyimah-Brempong, Kwabena rice imports self-sufficiency import controls productivity competitive behaviour value chains The principal objective of this paper is to review and assess the policy implications and potential for Nigeria to transform its domestic rice sector and become more competitive with imports in order to ultimately displace them over time. Preliminary results show that import restrictions alone will not be effective at achieving self-sufficiency in rice production. While there is a huge potential to increase the competitiveness of local rice, even this will not be sufficient to displace imports in the short and medium term. This is especially true so long local varieties cannot compete on quality and post-harvest processes remain inadequate for milling, packaging, and branding. 2013 2024-10-01T13:56:59Z 2024-10-01T13:56:59Z Working Paper https://hdl.handle.net/10568/153643 en Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Johnson, Michael E.; Takeshima, Hiroyuki and Gyimah-Brempong, Kwabena. 2013. Assessing the potential and policy alternatives for achieving rice competitiveness and growth in Nigeria. IFPRI Discussion Paper 1301. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). https://hdl.handle.net/10568/153643
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self-sufficiency
import controls
productivity
competitive behaviour
value chains
Johnson, Michael E.
Takeshima, Hiroyuki
Gyimah-Brempong, Kwabena
Assessing the potential and policy alternatives for achieving rice competitiveness and growth in Nigeria
title Assessing the potential and policy alternatives for achieving rice competitiveness and growth in Nigeria
title_full Assessing the potential and policy alternatives for achieving rice competitiveness and growth in Nigeria
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title_full_unstemmed Assessing the potential and policy alternatives for achieving rice competitiveness and growth in Nigeria
title_short Assessing the potential and policy alternatives for achieving rice competitiveness and growth in Nigeria
title_sort assessing the potential and policy alternatives for achieving rice competitiveness and growth in nigeria
topic rice
imports
self-sufficiency
import controls
productivity
competitive behaviour
value chains
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