Mapping the policy process in Nigeria: Examining linkages between research and policy
How research contributes to the policy process in developing countries in general, and in Nigeria more specifically, is not well understood. Yet such understanding is a critical part of doing effective policy research. This has become especially critical for the International Food Policy Research In...
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| author | Aberman, Noora-Lisa Schiffer, Eva Johnson, Michael E. Oboh, Victor |
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| description | How research contributes to the policy process in developing countries in general, and in Nigeria more specifically, is not well understood. Yet such understanding is a critical part of doing effective policy research. This has become especially critical for the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), which has set up a country office for policy research in Nigeria. A key challenge for IFPRI, and other research organizations in the country, is how to better integrate research results into policy and communicate research results to Nigerian policymakers. To gain some useful insights into how research does, or does not, influence policy in Nigeria, we examined a case involving the process leading up to the adoption in 2006 of Nigeria's National Fertilizer Policy. Rather than focusing on how research influences policy in general, examining a particular policy allowed us to trace the actual policy process that took place, the actors involved, and the types of links and interactions between them. A diverse group of stakeholders (government, donors, the research community, farmer organizations, and the private sector) undoubtedly debated the content of the fertilizer policy. Thus, its successful formulation and adoption offered a useful opportunity to examine how it came about in spite of competing vested interests (both for and against it) and what role, if any, research-based information played in developing it. The policy covered some highly contentious political issues, most prominently the issue of privatization of the fertilizer sector in place of the large-scale and long-standing subsidy program. How the actors engaged and appeased people with vested interests who would normally oppose the policy, and the degree to which research-based information played a role in policy development, is of interest to IFPRI and others engaged in policy research. To study the policy process that led to the formulation and adoption of the National Fertilizer Policy, we used a network-mapping tool, Net-Map. Drawing on social network approaches, the tool is particularly suitable since it can help highlight the actors and formal and informal interactions involved in the policy process, as well as examine the flows of information from researchers to help determine the pathways of research-based information. In support of the Net-Map method, we also undertook a content analysis of published and grey literature on fertilizer policies in Nigeria in the years prior to the passing of the fertilizer bill. This provided a context for the knowledge-based and policy discussions, who was involved in them, and who funded or drove them. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1546672025-11-06T07:15:55Z Mapping the policy process in Nigeria: Examining linkages between research and policy Aberman, Noora-Lisa Schiffer, Eva Johnson, Michael E. Oboh, Victor development policies fertilizers social networks agricultural policies How research contributes to the policy process in developing countries in general, and in Nigeria more specifically, is not well understood. Yet such understanding is a critical part of doing effective policy research. This has become especially critical for the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), which has set up a country office for policy research in Nigeria. A key challenge for IFPRI, and other research organizations in the country, is how to better integrate research results into policy and communicate research results to Nigerian policymakers. To gain some useful insights into how research does, or does not, influence policy in Nigeria, we examined a case involving the process leading up to the adoption in 2006 of Nigeria's National Fertilizer Policy. Rather than focusing on how research influences policy in general, examining a particular policy allowed us to trace the actual policy process that took place, the actors involved, and the types of links and interactions between them. A diverse group of stakeholders (government, donors, the research community, farmer organizations, and the private sector) undoubtedly debated the content of the fertilizer policy. Thus, its successful formulation and adoption offered a useful opportunity to examine how it came about in spite of competing vested interests (both for and against it) and what role, if any, research-based information played in developing it. The policy covered some highly contentious political issues, most prominently the issue of privatization of the fertilizer sector in place of the large-scale and long-standing subsidy program. How the actors engaged and appeased people with vested interests who would normally oppose the policy, and the degree to which research-based information played a role in policy development, is of interest to IFPRI and others engaged in policy research. To study the policy process that led to the formulation and adoption of the National Fertilizer Policy, we used a network-mapping tool, Net-Map. Drawing on social network approaches, the tool is particularly suitable since it can help highlight the actors and formal and informal interactions involved in the policy process, as well as examine the flows of information from researchers to help determine the pathways of research-based information. In support of the Net-Map method, we also undertook a content analysis of published and grey literature on fertilizer policies in Nigeria in the years prior to the passing of the fertilizer bill. This provided a context for the knowledge-based and policy discussions, who was involved in them, and who funded or drove them. 2010 2024-10-01T14:03:01Z 2024-10-01T14:03:01Z Working Paper https://hdl.handle.net/10568/154667 en https://hdl.handle.net/10568/160044 Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Aberman, Noora-Lisa; Schiffer, Eva; Johnson, Michael E.; Oboh, Victor. 2010. Mapping the policy process in Nigeria: Examining linkages between research and policy. IFPRI Discussion Paper 1000. https://hdl.handle.net/10568/154667 |
| spellingShingle | development policies fertilizers social networks agricultural policies Aberman, Noora-Lisa Schiffer, Eva Johnson, Michael E. Oboh, Victor Mapping the policy process in Nigeria: Examining linkages between research and policy |
| title | Mapping the policy process in Nigeria: Examining linkages between research and policy |
| title_full | Mapping the policy process in Nigeria: Examining linkages between research and policy |
| title_fullStr | Mapping the policy process in Nigeria: Examining linkages between research and policy |
| title_full_unstemmed | Mapping the policy process in Nigeria: Examining linkages between research and policy |
| title_short | Mapping the policy process in Nigeria: Examining linkages between research and policy |
| title_sort | mapping the policy process in nigeria examining linkages between research and policy |
| topic | development policies fertilizers social networks agricultural policies |
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