tailieunhanh - Technical efficiency differentials in rice production technologies in Nigeria

The best raw materials for pulp and paper manufacture is as per the customer requirement and industry norms are derived from soft woods and some of the hard wood species. In India due to dwindling forest resources, the pulp and paper industry depends only on bamboo and mixed hardwood. Industry utilizes alternate raw material to a large extent along with the farm plantations. Fibrous raw material is the single largest component influencing the manufacturing cost of paper. Any perceptible. | uuuuuuu uBuuuuBBBu Technical efficiency differentials in rice production technologies in Nigeria By Olorunfemi O. Ogundele Nigerian Institute of Social and Economic Research and Victor O. Okoruwa University of Ibadan AERC Research Paper 154 African Economic Research Consortium Nairobi April 2006 jLUULUJ uBuuuuBBBu THIS RESEARCH STUDY was supported by a grant from the African Economic Research Consortium. The findings opinions and recommendations are those of the author however and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Consortium its individual members or the AERC Secretariat. Published by The African Economic Research Consortium . Box 62882 - City Square Nairobi 00200 Kenya Printed by The Regal Press Kenya Ltd. . Box 46166 - GPO Nairobi 00100 Kenya ISBN 9966-944-81-8 2006 African Economic Research Consortium. 1. Introduction The Nigerian rice sector is special within the West Africa context. First rice is primarily a cash crop in Nigeria produced primarily for the market . Therefore in rice producing areas the enterprise provides employment for more than 80 of the inhabitants in various activities along the production distribution chain from cultivation to consumption. Some remarkable developments have also taken place in the sector particularly in the last ten years. Both production and consumption have increased during the period although the increased production was not sufficient to match the consumption increase 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 consumption of local rice. This has made rice a highly political commodity in Nigeria. Despite the importance of Nigerian rice production even within the West African subregion comprehensive and up-to-date information about the level of resource use efficiencies of the farmers is still lacking. The few .