Nigeria

Publications

working paper

Scrutinizing the status quo: Rural transformation and land tenure security in Nigeria

2017

Despite growing consensus on the socio-economic benefits emanating from enhanced land tenure security, issues related to how best to measure it and what constitute universal indicators of tenure (in)security are poorly understood. As a result, issues…

project paper

The role of the locations of public sector varietal development activities on agricultural productivity: Evidence from northern Nigeria

2017

Despite the importance of location-specific adaptive crop breeding research, past reforms of breeding systems in Nigeria have focused more on centralizing the breeding activities into fewer locations. This has been based partly on the premise that…

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Data & Tools

dataset

Segmentation Data for Nigeria and India States of Bihar, Odisha, and Uttar Pradesh

2017

This dataset was compiled by processing and harmonizing multiple secondary datasets, covering Nigeria and three states in India (Bihar, Odisha, and Uttar Pradesh), to help those working in the agricultural development sector identify and characterize…

dataset

Dietary intakes, vitamin A, and iron status of women of childbearing age and children 6-59 months of age from Akwa Ibom state in Nigeria

2015

HarvestPlus, part of the CGIAR Research Program on Agriculture for Nutrition and Health (A4NH), seeks to improve the nutrient density of staple food crops through conventional plant breeding the nutrient density of staple food crops through…

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Blogs

IFPRI Blog

Be patient: Avoid “false positives” in measuring commitments to save

Jul 27, 2017 | Sara Gustafson, Berber Kramer

New research examines how personal preferences and real-world conditions shape people's economic decisions.

IFPRI Blog

IFPRI roundtable: Limit conflict, build resilience to avert famines

Jul 25, 2017 | Katarlah Taylor

As famine grips four countries in Africa, an IFPRI panel discusses how to blunt its impact and head off future humanitarian disasters.

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Related Events

Workshop

Developing Evidence for Agricultural and Rural Development Policies and Strategies in Nigeria

May 20, 2009

Abstract The APSF Stakeholder Workshop convened policymakers, farmer organizations, donors, development partners, and members of the research community to learn about research findings on Nigeria’s agricultural development and to discuss future…

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Programs & Projects

Project

Improved Varieties: Cassava in Nigeria

Farmers’ varietal diversification and adoption of improved varieties, and consumers’ preferences for variety attributes: The case of cassava in Nigeria There are two principal aims of this HarvestPlus-funded project: Adoption study: To identify the…

Project

Pro-poor HPAI Risk Reduction Strategies

The emergence of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) and the subsequent threat of a global human pandemic have been issues of great concern to the international community in recent years. HPAI outbreaks can have substantial costs, not only in…

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Nigeria

Scrutinizing the status quo: Rural transformation and land tenure security in Nigeria

The role of the locations of public sector varietal development activities on agricultural productivity: Evidence from northern Nigeria

Segmentation Data for Nigeria and India States of Bihar, Odisha, and Uttar Pradesh

Dietary intakes, vitamin A, and iron status of women of childbearing age and children 6-59 months of age from Akwa Ibom state in Nigeria

Be patient: Avoid “false positives” in measuring commitments to save

IFPRI roundtable: Limit conflict, build resilience to avert famines

Developing Evidence for Agricultural and Rural Development Policies and Strategies in Nigeria

Improved Varieties: Cassava in Nigeria

Pro-poor HPAI Risk Reduction Strategies