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The Economic Role of Nigeria’s Subsistence Agriculture in the Transition Process: Implications for Rural Development

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  • Apata, Temidayo Gabriel
  • Folayan, A.
  • Apata, O.M.
  • Akinlua, J.

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This study examined the role of subsistence-oriented agriculture in Nigeria in the 1990s to 2000s. The start out by discussing the diverging economic effects of the growth of subsistence agriculture in Nigeria since the transition process started. The quantitative analysis of this sector’s role is carried out by means of an applied Computable General Equilibrium (CGE) model applying a 1994 Social Accounting Matrix (SAM) as base year data. The innovation of the article is to disaggregate primary agricultural production not by products but by farm types, which enables us to distinguish their institutional and economic characteristics. The study simulates two Structural Adjustment Programme (SAP) of the government. The results of the post SAP period highlight that Nigeria’s subsistence agriculture was an important shock absorber against further agricultural output declines during transition. A simulation, which looks into the effects of a devaluation of the Nigeria Naira, shows that the financial 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 enhancing institutional change would benefit both large-scale and small-scale farms. However, within small-scale agriculture, a shift from subsistence to commercial agriculture would take place.

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  • Apata, Temidayo Gabriel & Folayan, A. & Apata, O.M. & Akinlua, J., 2011. "The Economic Role of Nigeria’s Subsistence Agriculture in the Transition Process: Implications for Rural Development," 85th Annual Conference, April 18-20, 2011, Warwick University, Coventry, UK 108942, Agricultural Economics Society.
    • Handle: RePEc:ags:aesc11:108942
    DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.108942
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