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Drivers of transformation of the maize sector in Nigeria

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Title Drivers of transformation of the maize sector in Nigeria
 
Creator Assfaw Wossen, T.
Menkir, A.
Alene, A.
Abdoulaye, T.
Ajala, S.
Badu-Apraku, B.
Gedil, M.
Mengesha Abera, W.
Meseka, S.K.
 
Subject seed
food security
climate smart agriculture
seed quality
maize
nigeria
 
Description Open Access Article
Maize is widely used for food, animal feed, and industrial raw material in Nigeria. This paper documents the
important changes that characterize Nigeria’s maize production and area expansion along with contributing
factors that have transformed maize from a backyard food crop to a dominant food security and commercial crop. Using both secondary and primary data on maize production and varietal adoption over the last six decades, we found that Nigeria now produces ten times more maize than it did in 1960 and four times more maize than it did in 2005. Our findings further suggested that government policies and institutional arrangements that promoted access to and use of modern inputs and increased demand of maize grain for food, feed, and other industrial uses have played major roles in transforming maize from a backyard crop to a dominant staple and commercial crop in Nigeria. Considering the impeding climate change threats to food security in Nigeria, policy interventions should be tailored towards further scaling-up of stress resilient and climate-smart maize varieties to improve the productivity, income, and resilience of smallholder farmers. This requires strong support not only to get recently released superior improved varieties into the hands of smallholder farmers but also to accelerate varietal turnover.
 
Date 2023-09
2023-10-17T15:26:24Z
2023-10-17T15:26:24Z
 
Type Journal Article
 
Identifier Assfaw Wossen, T., Menkir, A., Alene, A., Abdoulaye, T., Ajala, S., Badu-Apraku, B., ... & Meseka, S.K. (2023). Drivers of transformation of the maize sector in Nigeria. Global Food Security, 38: 100713, 1-12.
2211-9124
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/132302
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gfs.2023.100713
BIOTECH & PLANT BREEDING
 
Language en
 
Rights CC-BY-4.0
Open Access
 
Format 1-12
application/pdf
 
Publisher Elsevier
 
Source Global Food Security