The Federal Government of Nigeria has launched the National Fertilizer Quality Control Act 2019 as a vital component of the Agricultural Policy of the present Administration and the bid to reposition the Nigerian economy from oil and gas to agribusiness. The Act will safeguard and protect the interest of the entire Fertilizer value chain players […]
Jo Swinnen joins IFPRI as new director general
Johan Swinnen became director general of the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) in January 2020. Prior to joining IFPRI, Dr. Swinnen was professor of economics and director of the LICOS Centre for Institutions and Economic Performance at the Catholic University of Leuven (Belgium) and senior research fellow at the Centre for European Policy Studies […]
Walk the talk: Nigeria’s import prohibitions, smuggling, and the African Continental Free Trade Agreement
In August, the Nigerian government blocked imports of a long list of products from neighboring countries Benin, Niger, and Cameroon—including foods such as live poultry, pork, beef, refined vegetable oils and fats, and sugar, as well as many other items ranging from medications to used cars. West Africa’s economy continues to reel from the effects these border […]
Is Rural Non-Farm Employment an Obstacle to Increased Rice Production?
Sule, Balaraba Abubakar: MSU NAPP Scholar 2019; Lecturer, Ibrahim Badamosi Babangida University, Lapai; and PhD Candidate, Federal University of Technology, Minna One of the major ways by which the gap between rice production and consumption in an economy can be bridged is through the expansion of land under cultivation and intensification on existing farmland (Laborte, […]
Book launch – Youth and jobs in rural Africa: Beyond stylized facts
The share of working-age young people in Africa south of the Sahara has risen due to past declines in mortality coupled with high fertility. This “youth bulge” has created a sense of urgency among national governments and the international development community as the prospect of widespread youth unemployment in Africa, and the social instability and […]
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