The Nigerian Rice Economy
Author: Kwabena Gyimah-Brempong
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Published: 2016-07-22
Total Pages: 320
ISBN-13: 0812248953
DOWNLOAD EBOOKPublished for the International Food Policy Research Institute.
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The Nigerian Rice Economy
Author: Kwabena Gyimah-Brempong
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Published: 2016-08-10
Total Pages: 321
ISBN-13: 0812293754
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn The Nigerian Rice Economy the authors assess three options for reducing this dependency - tariffs and other trade policies; increasing domestic rice production; and improving post-harvest rice processing and marketing - and identify improved production and post-harvest activities as the most promising. These options however, will require substantially increased public investments in a variety of areas, including research and development, basic infrastructure (for example, irrigation, feeder roads, and electricity), and rice milling technologies.
Synopsis of the Nigerian Rice Economy
Author: Kwabena Gyimah-Brempong
Publisher:
Published: 2016-01-31
Total Pages:
ISBN-13: 9780896299726
DOWNLOAD EBOOKProceedings of the FAO Rice Conference 2004
Author: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Publisher: Food & Agriculture Org.
Published: 2005
Total Pages: 130
ISBN-13: 9789251053508
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe International Year of Rice (IYR) promotes improved production and access to this vital food crop, which feeds more than half the world's population while providing income for millions of rice producers, processors and traders. To celebrate IYR, FAO convened and international rice conference, which was open to the participation of governments, research institutions, non-governmental organizations, and the private sector. The growth in rice consumption has starting to slow down; this publication aims to explain why and how, and draws together all the presentations pertaining to one of the general themes of the Conference: rice in the context of global markets.
Recent Advances in Rice Research
Author: Mahmood-Ur- Rahman Ansari
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
Published: 2021-03-03
Total Pages: 260
ISBN-13: 1838810315
DOWNLOAD EBOOK“Recent Advances in Rice Research” is an interdisciplinary book dealing with diverse topics related to recent developments in rice research. The book discusses the latest research activities in the field of hybrid rice, various metabolites produced in rice and its biology, stress studies, and strategies to combat various biotic and abiotic stresses as well as rice economics, value addition, and product development. The book is written by an international team of researchers from all over the globe sharing their results in the field of rice research. I am hopeful that the scientific information available in this book will provide advanced knowledge for rice researchers, students, life scientists, and interested readers on some of the latest developments in rice research.
Overview of the evolution of agricultural mechanization in Nigeria
Author: Takeshima, Hiroyuki
Publisher: Intl Food Policy Res Inst
Published: 2018-08-17
Total Pages: 41
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDemand for mechanization in Nigeria is growing in a fairly consistent way predicted by economic theories. The farming system has intensified and the use of animal traction has grown at a substantial rate. Demand side factors considerably explain the low adoptions of tractors in Nigeria. Where demand is sufficient for tractors, the private sector has emerged over time as a more efficient provider of hiring services (particularly farmer-tofarmer services) than the public sector. Conditions are consistent with the hypotheses that, because of generally low support for the agricultural sector in Nigeria in the past few decades, agricultural mechanization (tractor use in particular) has remained low despite the declining share of the workforce engaged in the agricultural sector. Agricultural transformation in the form of a declining agricultural labor force has happened partly through the growth in the oil industry since the 1970s. Instead of inducing further exit from farming, tractor adoptions in Nigeria might have helped those who have remained in farming to start expanding their production scale. A knowledge gap, however, still remains regarding the dominance of large tractors and the potential effects of tractor adoptions on smallholders who have yet to adopt them.
Impact of Culture on the Transfer of Management Practices in Former British Colonies
Author: OLUSOJI JAMES GEORGE (BSc MSc MPhil Ph
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
Published: 2011
Total Pages: 386
ISBN-13: 1456833774
DOWNLOAD EBOOKPesticides in the Modern World
Author: Margarita Stoytcheva
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
Published: 2011-10-05
Total Pages: 576
ISBN-13: 9533074582
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book is a compilation of 29 chapters focused on: pesticides and food production, environmental effects of pesticides, and pesticides mobility, transport and fate. The first book section addresses the benefits of the pest control for crop protection and food supply increasing, and the associated risks of food contamination. The second book section is dedicated to the effects of pesticides on the non-target organisms and the environment such as: effects involving pollinators, effects on nutrient cycling in ecosystems, effects on soil erosion, structure and fertility, effects on water quality, and pesticides resistance development. The third book section furnishes numerous data contributing to the better understanding of the pesticides mobility, transport and fate. The addressed in this book issues should attract the public concern to support rational decisions to pesticides use.
Plant Stress Physiology
Author: Akbar Hossain
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
Published: 2021-01-20
Total Pages: 420
ISBN-13: 1839625260
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDue to the changing climate, food security for the increasing population has raised a great threat globally. Therefore, it is imperative to find alternate solutions for enhancing agricultural sustainability through plant stress physiology. The concept of plant stress physiology has been well-established over the past 60 years due to the increasing trends of environmental stress. Researchers have found that crop stress physiology has an association with two main areas, one is concerned with agronomy, the other concerned with plant breeding. The contents of the current book emphasize the integration of both breeding and agronomy strategies to ensure agricultural productivity and environmental safety under changing climate.
Integrated Assessment of the Impact of Trade Liberalization
Author:
Publisher: UNEP/Earthprint
Published: 2005
Total Pages: 110
ISBN-13: 9789280724509
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis publication sets out an integrated assessment of the economic, social and environmental impacts of rice production in Nigeria within the framework of trade liberalisation, particularly the WTO Agreement on Agriculture (AoA). This is part of an UNEP research project which has also examined impacts on other rice producing countries including China, Colombia, Senegal and Indonesia.
