This paper reviews the constraints hindering growth of agricultural productivity in Nigeria by providing an overview of the policy environment that affects agricultural productivity, establishing how the policy environment affects productivity imp
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Anticipatory cash transfers for climate resilience: Findings from a randomized experiment in northeast Nigeria
This paper presents the findings from an experimental study designed to assess the impacts of one-time large lump sum cash transfers on welfare and coping strategies of smallholders in climate-risk and conflict-affected communities in northeast Ni
Subnational public expenditures, short-term household-level welfare, and economic resilience: Evidence from Nigeria
Public expenditures (PE) are critical for key public sector functions that contribute to development and welfare improvements, including the provisions of necessary public goods and the mitigation of market failures.
Agriculture is the largest contributor to the economic well-being of most Nigerians.
Variability in agricultural productivity and rural household consumption inequality: Evidence from Nigeria and Uganda
This paper uses multiple rounds of household survey panel data to assess the distributional implications of variability in agricultural productivity in Nigeria and Uganda.
The relative commercial orientation of smallholder farmers in Nigeria: Household and crop value-chain analyses
Increasing the productivity of commercially oriented smallholder farming households in Nigeria results in greater incomes for their households, which, in turn, can drive an expansion in local nonfarm employment opportunities and raise incomes acro
Postharvest loss is a major challenge in food production and supply chains in developing countries.
The agricultural sector in Nigeria is characterized by low productivity that is driven by low use of modern agricultural technologies, such as improved seed, chemical fertilizer, agrochemicals, and agricultural machinery.
Estimating the economic costs of COVID-19 in Nigeria
In this paper we analyze the economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic and the policies adopted to curtail the spread of the disease in Nigeria.
This study examines the effect of agricultural productivity change on child nutritional outcomes in Nigeria.
There is a growing interest in the research literature in exploring how child nutrition is affected by sociocultural practices, such as polygyny.
Agricultural public expenditures, sector performance, and welfare in Nigeria: A state-level analysis
Building on the work of earlier studies that looked at trends in and returns to federal public expenditures on agriculture in Nigeria, this paper explores spending patterns at the sub-national state level over a nine-year period, as well as trends
Role of land access in youth migration and youth employment decisions: Empirical evidence from rural Nigeria
The paper examines the role of land access in youth migration and employment decisions using a two wave panel data set from the Living Standards Measurement Study—Integrated Surveys on Agriculture (LSMS-ISA) from Nigeria.
Informal vendors are a critical source of food security for urban residents in African cities.
Federal government support for agriculture in Nigeria: Analysis with a public expenditure lens
This paper provides a broad view of public sector support to agriculture in Nigeria, through the lens of the allocation of public expenditures by the federal government in support of the sector.
Transforming agriculture for improving food and nutrition security among Nigerian farm households
The release by the Nigerian Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (FMARD) of the Agricultural Transformation Agenda (ATA) in 2010 and its successor strategy document, the Agriculture Promotion Policy (APP), in 2016 as official poli
In this study, we contribute to such efforts to enhance the use of tractors in Africa by describing the key characteristics of markets for tractors in Nigeria.
While there are many aspects to agricultural market modernization that are linked and mutually affect and reinforce each other, we argue in this paper that investment in Nigeria in physical market infrastructure, such as storage units, remains rel
Effects of agricultural mechanization on economies of scope in crop production in Nigeria
Agricultural mechanization has often been characterized by scale-effects and increased specialization.
Nigeria’s macroeconomic crisis explained
Nigeria confronts a prolonged period of adjustment. For more than a generation, the oil sector generated large volumes of foreign exchange.