Constraints to Increasing Agricultural Productivity in Nigeria: A Review

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Appendix 2: CIF Prices of Fertilizers Based on a Sample of 39 Importers’ Records, Nigeria, 2006 S/No Fertilizer CIF US$/ ton CIF Naira/Ton 63 Retail Price Naira/ Ton Retail Price US$ Equivalence/ Ton 1 NPK 265 37100 43000 307.14 2 NPK 245 34300 43000 307.14 3 NPK 250 35000 43000 307.14 4 NPK 250 35000 43000 307.14 5 NPK 255 35700 43000 307.14 6 NPK 250 35000 43000 307.14 7 NPK 265 37100 43000 307.14 8 NPK 265 37100 43000 307.14 9 NPK 270 37800 43000 307.14 10 NPK 265 37100 43000 307.14 11 NPK 260 36400 43000 307.14 12 NPK 265 37100 43000 307.14 13 NPK 270 37800 43000 307.14 14 NPK 285 39900 43000 307.14 15 NPK 265 37100 43000 307.14 16 NPK 250 35000 43000 307.14 17 Urea 305 42700 45000 321.42 18 Urea 270 37800 45000 321.42 19 Urea 280 39200 45000 321.42 20 Urea 280 39200 45000 321.42 21 Urea 285 39900 45000 321.42 22 Urea 285 39900 45000 321.42 23 Urea 290 40600 45000 321.42 24 Urea 290 40600 45000 321.42 25 Urea 310 43400 45000 321.42 26 Urea 305 42700 45000 321.42 27 Urea 310 43400 45000 321.42 28 Urea 310 43400 45000 321.42 29 Urea 310 43400 45000 321.42 30 Urea 310 43400 45000 321.42 31 Urea 305 42700 45000 321.42 32 Urea 310 43400 45000 321.42 33 Urea 310 43400 45000 321.42 34 Urea 310 43400 45000 321.42 35 Urea 310 43400 45000 321.42 36 Urea 305 42700 45000 321.42 37 Urea 310 43400 45000 321.42 38 Urea 310 43400 45000 321.42 39 Urea 305 42700 45000 321.42 Source: CIF prices from IFDC 2006. ***Authors' computation based on NPK retail price of N2,150/50kg, and urea retail price of N2,250/kg in 2006, Ogun state. **Authors' computation, assuming US$ 1.00 = N 40.00 in the year 2006. *As provided by IFDC 2006.
Appendix 3: Nigerian National and Agricultural Budgets and Fertilizer Subsidy Costs, 1990–2001 Year National budget Agric. budget At 2001 constant N billion Fertilizer subsidy cost 64 Agric. budget as % of national budget Fertilizer subsidy as % of national budget 1990 164.333 23.022 30.416 14.0 18.5 132.0 1991 152.492 6.428 25.662 4.2 16.8 399.0 1992 127.074 6.069 54.294 4.8 42.7 895.0 1993 93.689 9.168 36.371 9.8 38.8 397.0 1994 106.389 9.609 30.606 9.0 28.8 319.0 1995 89.023 9.374 28.979 10.5 32.6 309.0 1996 73.552 5.965 17.711 8.1 24.1 297.0 1997 162.823 8.793 0 5.4 - - 1998 245.456 11.754 0 4.8 - - 1999 179.599 9.064 0.968 5.0 0.5 10.7 2000 348.854 11.269 0 3.2 - 0.0 2001 496.659 10.595 0.890 2.1 0.2 8.4 Fertilizer subsidy as % of agric. budget Source: Nagy and Edun 2002. Note: The fertilizer budget came from the President of Nigeria’s special account, and was not part of the budget of the FMARD.
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