Determinants of crop productivity in Nigeria in the era of agribusiness

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Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Determinants of crop productivity in Nigeria in the era of agribusiness
Original language description
Agriculture is the most significant sector of the Nigeria economy. The sector serves as the major employer of labour, source of income for smallholder farmers, non-oil foreign exchange earner, and food security. Therefore, the integration of agriculturewith other sectors of the economy in the country in the present era of agribusiness is necessary. This contribution assesses some determinants of crop production in Nigeria, using OLS regression and Granger causality approaches. The OLS suggest that fertilizer consumption, cultivated land, loans and producer price index have a relationship with crop productivity in Nigeria. In the same fashion, the estimated results from the Granger causality/Block exogeneity Wald test based on a Vector Autoregressive (VAR) model provides a bidirectional relationship running from fertilizer consumption to crop production. A unidirectional causality is confirmed between cultivated land and crop productivity in Nigeria. The results also signify a unidirec
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Publication year
2015
Confidentiality
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Article name in the collection
Agrarian Perspectives XXIV: Global Agribusiness and Rural Economy 2015
ISBN
978-80-213-2581-4
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Number of pages
9
Pages from-to
510-518
Publisher name
Česká zemědělská univerzita v Praze
Place of publication
Praha
Event location
Praha
Event date
Sep 16, 2015
Type of event by nationality
EUR - Evropská akce
UT code for WoS article
000373210600059

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