“Knowledge Management and Development Targets in Nigeria”
This review illustrates that capacity within Nigeria does exist for conducting macroeconomic modelling, but there has been limited modelling of the agriculture sector. Furthermore, existing models have...
View Article“Knowledge Review on Poverty and Rural Development in Nigeria”
This review presented the nature, extent, and determinants of rural poverty and the various policies, projects and programs that have been implemented to reduce poverty in Nigeria from other studies....
View Article“Environmental Considerations in Nigerian Agricultural Policies, Strategies,...
Agriculture is the major sector upon which the majority of Nigeria’s rural poor depend on for their livelihood. Over 70 percent of the active labor force is employed in agriculture (World Bank 2007)....
View Article“Policy Benchmarking and Tracking the Agricultural Policy Environment in...
Although the Nigerian economy depends significantly on the oil sector, agriculture remains its mainstay. Agriculture contributed 42 percent of Nigeria’s gross domestic product (GDP) in 2008 (National...
View Article“Capacity Strengthening for Agricultural Policy Analysis and Research in...
This paper deals with the human resource development and institutional capacity strengthening in Nigeria as they relate to policy analysis and research capacity in addressing the problems of poverty...
View Article“A 2006 Social Accounting Matrix for Nigeria”
To understand how different sectors in an economy interact with each other, economy-wide analyses, such as the computable general equilibrium (CGE) model, are often required. The database of a CGE...
View Article“Perspectives of Selected Stakeholder Groups in Nigeria on the Federal and...
This paper presents the results of interviews with 44 stakeholders in the Nigerian fertilizer sector eliciting their perspective on various aspects of the federal and state government fertilizer...
View ArticleConstraints and Knowledge Gaps for Different Irrigation Systems in Nigeria
Irrigation systems in Nigeria take various forms and most are privately managed by individual farmers. This diversity reflects the farmers’ needs to minimize setup costs and maximize the returns from...
View Article“An Assessment of Fertilizer Quality Regulation in Nigeria”
Despite a multifaceted fertilizer quality regulatory process with numerous and diverse participants, fertilizer quality remains a challenge in Nigeria. Fake, adulterated, and misbranded fertilizers, as...
View ArticleThe Role of Nigerian Agriculture in West African Food Security
Ensuring food security remains a major challenge confronting West African countries[1]. Though food production has increased in the recent past, the region as a whole is not likely to meet the first...
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