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85th Annual Conference of the Agricultural Economics conjunction Warwick University 18 - 20 April 2011 The Economic Role of Nigerias Subsistence kitchen-gardening in the Transition Process: Implications for Rural Development By Apata, T.G*., Folayan, A*, Apata, O.M**. and Akinlua, J* *Department of Agricultural Economics and Extension Services, Joseph Ayo Babalola University, Ikeji Arakeji, P.M,B. 5006 Ilesa, Nigeria e-mail: dayoapata@yahoo.com **Department of Agricultural Economics and Extension Services, University of Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State. Copyright 2011 by Apata, T.G., Folayan, A, Apata, O.M. and Akinlua, J. All rights reserved. Readers may make verbatim copies of this document for non-commercial purposes by any means, provided that this copyright notice appears on all much(prenominal) copies. Abstract This study examined the role of subsistence-oriented agriculture in Nigeria in the 1990s to 2000s. The start come in by discussing the diverging stinting effects of the growth of subsistence agriculture in Nigeria since the transition wreak started. The quantitative analysis of this sectors role is carried out by means of an applied Computable General vestibular sense (CGE) model applying a 1994 Social Accounting Matrix (SAM) as base year data.

The innovation of the article is to disaggregate primary verdant production not by products but by levy types, which enables us to distinguish their institutional and economic characteristics. The study simulates dickens Structural Adjustment Programme (SAP) of the government. The results of the post SAP geological period highlight that Nigerias subsistence agriculture was an important shock absorber against yet agricultural output declines during transition. A simulation, which looks into the effects of a devaluation of the Nigeria Naira, shows that the pecuniary crisis should have increased the relative competitiveness particularly of large-scale crop farms versus small-scale farms. The reforms of successive governments show that efficiency... If you want to maturate a full essay, order it on our website: Orderessay

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