Economic study of food crop sector performance in a petroleum-based export economy: the Nigerian case, 1965-1979

Thesis/Dissertation · Sat Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1983

OSTI ID:6037740

Ekpo, A H

Food sector performance of the Nigerian economy from 1965 to 1979 is analyzed using a Johnston-Mellor Adequacy, a framework to explore: 1) whether the rapid change in Nigeria's self-sufficiency should be attributed to the post 1974 oil price boom or other causes; 2) the conceptual differences between J-M adequacy and self-sufficiency and their implications in the Nigerian case; 3) how the lag of Nigerian food production behind demand was met; and 4) a government policy toward the food crop sector during the post-war period. Under a range of demand growth assumptions, the economy lost its food self-sufficiency in 1975. From 1975 to 1979, the period of the oil boom, excess demand was taken up mostly by food imports. Food adequacy was lost from 1969, and the failure of adequacy was greater than that of self-suffiency. The decline in the production of specific food crops was due to both hectare and yield effects, with the hectare effect predominating. There was little effort by government to stimulate food production in the country between 1960 and 1971; the characterization of government's policies from 1975 to 1982 reveals an attempt by government to design and implement policies and strategies that may increase food crop production. The poor performance of the food crop sector was attributable to both the oil boom and agricultural failure.

• OSTI ID: 6037740
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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