Ogundele, Olorunfemi O.; Okoruwa, Victor O. - African Economic Research Consortium - 2006
(produced primarily for the market). Therefore,in rice producing areas, the enterprise provides employment for more than 80% of …, with rice imports making up the shortfall. Because rice is now a structural component of the Nigerian diet and rice imports … make an important share of Nigerian agricultural imports, there is considerable political interest in increasing the …