Evaluation Of The Effetcs Of Federal Government Policies On Competitiveness And Comparative Advantage Of Rice Production In Kaduna State, Nigeria

📄 Project Abstract

Several agricultural policies have been targeted at improving rice production in Nigeria in the past few decades; yet, Nigeria has been listed among the leading importers of rice in the world. The ability of the policies to improve the performance and competitiveness of the rice sector to survive in the face of strong international competition is very crucial. The study evaluated the Federal Government agricultural policies on the competitiveness and comparative advantage of rice production and marketing in Kaduna state, Nigeria. A multistage random technique was employed to draw a sample of 241 rice farmers, 74 parboilers, 33 millers, 44 paddy marketers and 34 milled rice marketers in the study area. Primary and secondary data were collected and analyzed using descriptive statistics, binary logit regression and the Policy Analysis Matrix (PAM). Major findings of the study were that small-scale rice production and processing in the study area is competitive and had comparative advantag...