Rice farming in Nigeria : in praise of the smallholder |
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Authors: | Felix I. Nweke Jonathan A. Akorhe |
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Affiliation: | Department of Agricultural Economics University of Nigeria NsukkaNigeria;Federal Department of Agriculture Jos, Plateau StateNigeria |
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Abstract: | Food production policy in Nigeria is now oriented towards large scale commercial production. The Federal Government proposes 20000 hectares of public cassava farming in all 19 states and in the Abuja capital territory. The National Grains Board and the National Root Crops Production Company are establishing large farms in their operational zones. The Nigerian Agricultural and Cooperative Bank is loaning millions of naira to individual private farmers to encourage them to establish large farms. Virtually every state government has its Agricultural Development Corporation directly involved in agricultural production on a large scale. It is presumed that the smallholder system on which Nigeria currently depends is inefficient and could not be relied upon to achieve the necessary increases in production. |
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