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The Nigerian rice economy : policy options for transforming production, marketing and trade /

"In 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 mos...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Corporate Author: International Food Policy Research Institute
Other Authors: Gyimah-Brempong, Kwabena (Editor), Johnson, Michael, 1963- (Editor), Takeshima, Hiroyuki (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, Inc., 2016.
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Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:"In 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."
Item Description:Published for the International Food Policy Research Institute.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xviii, 300 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-286) and index.
ISBN:0812293754
9780812293753