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Government Policies and Competitiveness of Nigerian Rice Economy

Published by:
Publication date
09/11/2005
Language:
English
Type of Publication:
Working Papers & Briefs
Focus Region:
Sub-Saharan Africa
Focus Topic:
Agricultural Value Chains / Agri-Businesses
Institutions / Organizations
Type of Risk:
Managerial & operational
Policy & institutional
Type of Risk Managment Option:
Risk coping
Commodity:
Crops
Author
Biyi Daramola
Organization
WARDA

Globally, rice is a very important food crop. It is an ancient crop consumed as healthy and staple food by more than half of the world population. Rice is consumed by over 4.8 billion people in 176 countries and is the most important food crop for over 2.89 billion people in Asia, over 40 million people in Africa and over 150.3 million people in America with estimates based on FAO report of 1996. More than 90% of global production occurs in tropical and semi-tropical Asia.