The Nigerian Rice Economy : : Policy Options for Transforming Production, Marketing, and Trade /

The Nigerian Rice Economy : : Policy Options for Transforming Production, Marketing, and Trade / / ed. by Hiroyuki Takeshima, Michael Johnson, Kwabena Gyimah-Brempong.

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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 thr...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2016
MitwirkendeR:
Ajibola, Akeem,
Bakare, Oladele Samuel,
Diao, Xinshen,
Dorosh, Paul A.,
Gyimah-Brempong, Kwabena,
Johnson, Michael,
Kuku-Shittu, Oluyemisi,
Malek, Mehrab,
Takeshima, Hiroyuki,
HerausgeberIn:
Gyimah-Brempong, Kwabena,
Johnson, Michael,
Takeshima, Hiroyuki,
Place / Publishing House:Philadelphia : : University of Pennsylvania Press, , [2016]
©2016
Year of Publication:2016
Language:English
Online Access:
Physical Description:1 online resource (320 p.) :; 36 illus.
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Tables and Figures
  • Acronyms and Abbreviations
  • Foreword
  • Acknowledgments
  • Chapter 1. Rice in the Nigerian Economy and Agricultural Policies
  • Chapter 2. Evolution of Rice Consumption and Demand Patterns
  • Chapter 3. Production Systems: Biophysical and Economic Environment and Constraints
  • Chapter 4. Policy Options for Inducing a Supply Response
  • Chapter 5. Postharvest Processing, Marketing, and Competitiveness of Domestic Rice
  • Chapter 6. Policy Options for Modernizing the Milling Sector
  • Chapter 7. Rice Imports, Prices, and Challenges for Trade Policy
  • Chapter 8. Economywide Effects and Implications of Alternative Policies
  • Chapter 9. Transforming the Rice Sector
  • Appendix A. A Brief Chronology of Nigeria's Political History
  • Appendix B. The Linear Expenditure System Model
  • Appendix C. Additional Tables to Chapter 3
  • Appendix D. Supply Response Analysis
  • Appendix E. A Mathematical Derivation of the Rice Milling Model for Nigeria
  • Appendix F. A Stylized Rice Tariff Model
  • Appendix G. Agricultural Sectors included in the Economywide Multimarket Model
  • References
  • Authors
  • Index

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