Abstract:Nigeria has implemented various policies and programs aimed at ensuring self-sufficiency in rice production since 1970. The trade policy instruments employed included tariffs, quotas, subsidies, import restrictions and outright ban on rice import at various times. All these policies failed to bridge ever increasing demand-supply deficit in rice production. However, there is considerable potential for expansion of rice production in the five rice-growing ecosystems in Nigeria in order to attain selfsufficiency.… Show more
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