Market supply response and demand for local rice in Nigeria: Implications for self-sufficiency policy

Journal of Central European Agriculture

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 567-573

  Rahji, M A ^a   Adewumi, M O ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILORIN   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Demand for local rice; Nigeria; Rice self sufficiency; Supply response

Indexed keywords

EID: 57349184751     PISSN: None     EISSN: 13329049     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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