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Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Tables and Figures vii
4. Acronyms and Abbreviations xiii
5. Foreword xv
6. Acknowledgments xvii
7. Chapter 1. Rice in the Nigerian Economy and Agricultural Policies 1
8. Chapter 2. Evolution of Rice Consumption and Demand Patterns 21
9. Chapter 3. Production Systems: Biophysical and Economic Environment and Constraints 51
10. Chapter 4. Policy Options for Inducing a Supply Response 85
11. Chapter 5. Postharvest Processing, Marketing, and Competitiveness of Domestic Rice 111
12. Chapter 6. Policy Options for Modernizing the Milling Sector 139
13. Chapter 7. Rice Imports, Prices, and Challenges for Trade Policy 159
14. Chapter 8. Economywide Effects and Implications of Alternative Policies 181
15. Chapter 9. Transforming the Rice Sector 203
16. Appendix A. A Brief Chronology of Nigeria's Political History 211
17. Appendix B. The Linear Expenditure System Model 213
18. Appendix C. Additional Tables to Chapter 3 225
19. Appendix D. Supply Response Analysis 229
20. Appendix E. A Mathematical Derivation of the Rice Milling Model for Nigeria 239
21. Appendix F. A Stylized Rice Tariff Model 253
22. Appendix G. Agricultural Sectors included in the Economywide Multimarket Model 259
23. References 261
24. Authors 287
25. Index 291