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Socio-Economic Impact of Upland Rice Production on Rural Livelihoods - The Case of Three Nigerian States
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Author | Zeller, Heiko Oppen, Matthias Von |
| Copyright Year | 2007 |
| Abstract | Rice has traditionally been an important and basic food commodity for certain populations in West Africa. In Nigeria, of all staple crops rice h as grown in importance as a component of Nigerian diets. Since the mid-80s Nigerian consumpt ion has increased tremendously at almost 11% per annum, which is a greater increase than in y other West African country. However, only 3% is the result of population growth. The res t can be explained by a substitution of coarse grains like sorghum and millet (Akpokodje et al. 2001). To meet consumers` demand farmers are encouraged to produce amounts surplus t o their own needs. As mainly resource poor farmers grow the crop integrating a large rang e of other agricultural activities, upland rice production can be regarded as new source of in c me generation, contributing to poverty alleviation. Upland rice is produced in bush-fallow systems with slash and burn practices. The use of external inputs such as mineral fertilizer i s not common. Since the crop is subject to climatic conditions the results are more uncertain than those of irrigated rice. Yields are generally fairly low and average from 1.1 t/ha up t o 1.5 t/ha, depending on the location. Out of this situation arises the question about the imp ortance of upland rice production for subsistence oriented resource poor households. |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://www.tropentag.de/2007/abstracts/full/395.pdf |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://www.tropentag.de/2007/abstracts/links/Zeller_hdtyMYsO.pdf |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
