The Nigerian Rice Economy: Policy Options for Transforming Production, Marketing, and Trade
Cover -- The Nigerian Rice Economy -- Title -- Copyright -- 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.