Constraints to Increasing Agricultural Productivity in Nigeria: A Review

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List of Acronyms ACGSF Agricultural Credit Guarantee Scheme Fund ADP Agricultural Development Project AfDB African Development Bank APSF Agricultural Policy Support Facility BEA block extension agent CAADP Comprehensive Africa Agricultural Development Programme CBN Central Bank of Nigeria CBO Community-based organization CEDP Cassava Enterprise Development Projects in Africa CIDRAP Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy CMD Cassava mosaic disease CRIN Cocoa Research Institute of Nigeria DFRRI Directorate of Food, Roads, and Rural Infrastructure DRC Democratic Republic of Congo FACU Federal Agricultural Coordinating Unit FAO Food and Agriculture Organization FCT Federal Capital Territory FDA Federal Department of Agriculture FFB Fresh fruit bunches FGN Federal Government of Nigeria FMA Federal Ministry of Agriculture FMANR Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Natural Resources FMARD Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development GDP gross domestic product GLASOD Global Assessment of Human-Induced Soil Degradation GPS grandparent stock ha hectare HLR highest lending rate HV hybrid variety IAR Institute for Agricultural Research IAR+T Institute for Agricultural Research and Training ICP integrated cassava project IFAD International Fund for Agricultural Development IFDC International Fertilizer Development Center IFPRI International Food Policy Research Institute IITA International Institute of Tropical Agriculture kg kilogram kg/ha kilogram per hectare LUA Land Use Act mil ha million hectares mm millimeter mt metric ton MTRM monthly technology review meeting NACB Nigerian Agricultural and Cooperative Bank NACRDB Nigerian Agricultural Cooperative and Rural Development Bank NAIS Nigerian Agricultural Insurance Scheme NAPRI National Animal Production Research Institute NARIs National Agricultural Research Institutes NARP National Agricultural Research Project NCA National Council on Agriculture NCRI National Cereals Research Institute vi
NEPAD New Partnership for African Development NERICA New Rice for Africa NFDP National Fadama Development Project NIFFR National Institute for Freshwater Fisheries Research NIFOR Nigerian Institute for Oil Palm Research NNPC Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation NRCRI National Root Crops Research Institute NRICT National Research Institute for Chemical Technology NSPFS National Special Programme for Food Security NSPRI Nigerian Stored Products Research Institute NSS National Seed Service NSSP Nigeria Strategy Support Program NVRI National Veterinary Research Institute OFNL Obasanjo Farms Nigeria Limited OGADEP Ogun State Agricultural Development Programme OPV open-pollinated variety PCOL Presidential Committee on Livestock PCU Projects Coordinating Unit PIOC Presidential Initiative on Cassava PIOR Presidential Initiative on Rice PIVODEP Presidential Initiative on Vegetable Oil Development PLR prime lending rate PQS Plant Quarantine Service PRCU Presidential Research and Communications Unit PVS participatory varietal selection RBDAs River Basin Development Authorities R&D research and development R-box rice box RTEP Roots and Tubers Expansion Programme SAP Structural Adjustment Programme SDR savings deposit rate SFPF stochastic frontier production function SGRP Strategic Grains Reserve Programme SMEs small and medium enterprises SSA Sub-Saharan Africa T&V training and visit system t/ha metric ton per hectare UAES Unified Agricultural Extension System VODEP Presidential Initiative on Vegetable Oil Development WARDA Africa Rice Center WDR World Development Report WHO World Health Organization ZEA zonal extension agent vii
Page 1 and 2: NSSP Background Paper 6 Constraints
Page 3 and 4: Constraints to Increasing Agricultu
Page 5: Table 13. Adoption rates (%) of sel
Page 9 and 10: presidential initiative commodities
Page 11 and 12: When research is poorly funded, agr
Page 13 and 14: harvesting is about N70,000, if all
Page 15 and 16: facilities in abattoirs at wholesal
Page 17 and 18: establishment of a poultry products
Page 19 and 20: fostering many other economic activ
Page 21 and 22: challenge is to develop and dissemi
Page 23 and 24: Table 2. Activities, targets, and i
Page 25 and 26: Figure 1. Plot of indices of area p
Page 27 and 28: Figure 3. Conceptual Framework: Typ
Page 29 and 30: largely ineffective because the gro
Page 31 and 32: constraint to agricultural producti
Page 33 and 34: There is a growing demand to weigh
Page 35 and 36: It is relevant to add that, from th
Page 37 and 38: technologies, partly because the NA
Page 39 and 40: inadequate extension services as im
Page 41 and 42: Table 15. Parameters for classifyin
Page 43 and 44: Table 17. Distribution of farmers b
Page 45 and 46: Transport Materials (e.g., bags) As
Page 47 and 48: Taking the case of cassava pellets
Page 49 and 50: tuber contains 60-70 percent moistu
Page 51 and 52: Most of the maize processing in Nig
Page 53 and 54: Figure 4. Map of Nigeria showing ri
Page 55 and 56: As was noted for maize, the cost pe
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(GPS) affects productivity, especia
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those affecting feeds and nutrition
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The government should sustain the c
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Carter, J. 1995. Alley cropping: Ha
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Proceedings of an international con
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Spencer, D., A. Doward, G. Abalu, D
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the realization of the full potenti
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Appendix 3: Nigerian National and A
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