We are pleased to announce a new policy brief from the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) entitled “Transforming Nigeria’s Agrifood System“ The brief documents potential solutions and opportunities for achieving a wealthier and also healthier food system towards attaining multiple Sustainable Development Goals, including zero hunger, good health and well-being, and climate action.
New Publication Announcement: IFPRI Discussion Paper documents issues, challenges, constraints, and potential solutions and opportunities in implementing NEP at the state level using Niger State as a case study
We are pleased to announce the Discussion Paper 01951 from the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) entitled “National Extension Policy and State Level Implementation: The Case of Niger State in Nigeria”.The study documents issues, challenges, constraints, and potential solutions and opportunities in implementing NEP at the state level using Niger State as a case study.
New Publication Announcement: IFPRI Discussion Paper documents issues, challenges, constraints, and potential solutions and opportunities in implementing the national extension policy (NEP) at the state level in Nigeria
We are pleased to announce the Discussion Paper 01951 from the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) entitled “National Extension Policy and State-Level Implementation: The Case of Cross River State, Nigeria” .The study documents issues, challenges, constraints, and potential solutions and opportunities in implementing the national extension policy (NEP) at the state level in Nigeria, using Cross River State as a case study.
New Publication Announcement: IFPRI Discussion Paper aims to provide initial evidence at the household level in Nigeria Using state- and local government area (LGA)-level PEA figures and household data in Nigeria
We are pleased to announce the Discussion Paper 01955 from the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) entitled “Effects of Public Expenditures on Agriculture at Subnational Levels on Households’ Welfare and Economic Resilience in Nigeria” .The study aims to provide initial evidence at the household level in Nigeria Using state- and local government area (LGA)-level PEA figures and household data in Nigeria.
New Publication Announcement: IFPRI Discussion Paper attempts to answer the question of whether increasing Public Expenditures on Agriculture (PEA) is the way to grow agriculture in Nigeria
We are pleased to announce the Discussion Paper 01952 from the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) entitled “Public Expenditures on Agriculture at Subnational-Levels and Household-Level Agricultural Outcomes in Nigeria”.The study attempts to answer the question of whether increasing Public Expenditures on Agriculture (PEA) is the way to grow agriculture in Nigeria using state and local government area (LGA)-level PEA figures and household data in Nigeria.
New Publication Announcement: NSSP Working Paper examines the effect of agricultural change on child nutrition in Nigeria
We are pleased to announce the publication of Working Paper 62 from the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)’s Nigeria Strategy Support Program (NSSP) entitled “The role of agriculture in reducing child undernutrition in Nigeria” . The study examines the effect of agricultural productivity change on child nutritional outcomes in Nigeria.
New Publication Announcement: NSSP Working Paper evaluates the effect of polygyny on child nutrition in Nigeria
We are pleased to announce the publication of Working Paper 61 from the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)’s Nigeria Strategy Support Program (NSSP) entitled “Polygynous family structure and child undernutrition in Nigeria”. The study evaluates the effect of polygyny on child nutrition that has been hindered by the complexity of the relationship.
New Publication Announcement: Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Food Security Policy Research Paper 119
Olivier Ecker, Andrew Comstock, Raphael Babatunde, and Kwaw Andam. Poor Dietary Quality is Nigeria’s Key Nutrition Problem. Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Food Security Policy Research Paper 119 East Lansing: Michigan State University.
NIGERIA AGRICULTURAL POLICY PROJECT SUPPORTS USAID NIGERIA AND PARTNERS NUTRITION EVENT IN ABUJA
On Thursday 20th February 2020, USAID Nigeria and Partners organized an interactive session on nutrition in Abuja Nigeria as part of the Feed the Future Nigeria Country Plan to increase investments in food security, build greater resilience, and improve household nutrition in the country. The event was a high-profile event that brought together a host of relevant and key stakeholders in the nutrition “space” in Nigeria. Dr. Charles Iyangbe, Senior Agricultural Economist USAID Nigeria gave the opening remark. In … Read More
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, 2012). In the case of rice in Nigeria, this can be achieved through the adoption of irrigation technology which, not only improves productivity, but allows … Read More