Constraints to Increasing Agricultural Productivity in Nigeria: A Review
Constraints to Increasing Agricultural Productivity in Nigeria: A Review
Constraints to Increasing Agricultural Productivity in Nigeria: A Review
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Appendix 3: <strong>Nigeria</strong>n National and <strong>Agricultural</strong> Budgets and Fertilizer<br />
Subsidy Costs, 1990–2001<br />
Year<br />
National<br />
budget<br />
Agric.<br />
budget<br />
At 2001 constant N billion<br />
Fertilizer<br />
subsidy cost<br />
64<br />
Agric. budget<br />
as % of<br />
national<br />
budget<br />
Fertilizer<br />
subsidy as %<br />
of national<br />
budget<br />
1990 164.333 23.022 30.416 14.0 18.5 132.0<br />
1991 152.492 6.428 25.662 4.2 16.8 399.0<br />
1992 127.074 6.069 54.294 4.8 42.7 895.0<br />
1993 93.689 9.168 36.371 9.8 38.8 397.0<br />
1994 106.389 9.609 30.606 9.0 28.8 319.0<br />
1995 89.023 9.374 28.979 10.5 32.6 309.0<br />
1996 73.552 5.965 17.711 8.1 24.1 297.0<br />
1997 162.823 8.793 0 5.4 - -<br />
1998 245.456 11.754 0 4.8 - -<br />
1999 179.599 9.064 0.968 5.0 0.5 10.7<br />
2000 348.854 11.269 0 3.2 - 0.0<br />
2001 496.659 10.595 0.890 2.1 0.2 8.4<br />
Fertilizer<br />
subsidy as %<br />
of agric.<br />
budget<br />
Source: Nagy and Edun 2002.<br />
Note: The fertilizer budget came from the President of <strong>Nigeria</strong>’s special account, and was not part of the budget of the<br />
FMARD.
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