Abstract
This study was carried out to provide empirical evidence on the growth rates of maize production in three sub periods in Nigeria namely pre Structural Adjustment Programme period, Structural Adjustment Program period and post Structural Adjustment Programme period. Secondary data on maize production in Nigeria during the Pre Structural Adjustment Programme period (1970 to 1985), Structural Adjustment period (1986 to 1994) and post Structural Adjustment Programme period (1995 to 2007) were employed in this study. A growth rate model was used to estimate the growth rates of maize in the three sub periods. The results of the analysis showed that the instantaneous growth rates of maize production are 0.1%, 5.7% and 2.4 % and the compound rates of growth of maize production are 0.001%, 0.059% and 0.024% for the pre Structural Adjustment Programme, Structural Adjustment Programme and post Structural Adjustment Programme periods respectively. The higher compound growth rate of maize production in the Structural Adjustment Programme period implies that the policy reforms in the period was more effective in ensuring increased growth of maize production over that of other periods in Nigeria. Therefore, despite the myriads of problems associated with the programme in Nigeria, it was beneficial to maize production in Nigeria.
Highlights
Maize is a stable food crop for most subSaharan Africans of which Nigeria is inclusive with per capital kg/year of 40 (FAOSTAT, 2003)
In view of the foregoing, this study was designed to provide an empirical information on the growth rates of maize production in Nigeria in the Pre – Structural Adjustment Programme (SAP), SAP and Post – SAP periods which would be relevant for policy formulation, implementation and evaluation in Nigeria
The secondary data used for analysis was on maize output in Nigeria extending from 1970 to 1985(Pre – SAP period), 1986 to 1994(SAP period) and 1995 to 2007(Post – SAP period) and data on three sub – periods were utilized in this study
Summary
Maize is a stable food crop for most subSaharan Africans of which Nigeria is inclusive with per capital kg/year of 40 (FAOSTAT, 2003). The objectives of the programme included reconstructing and diversifying the productive base of the economy, by reducing the dependence on oil and imports, laying a basis for sustaining noninflationary growth, making substantial progress towards fiscal and balance of payment viability, improving efficiency of the private sector’s contribution to economic growth, through liberalized trade and privatization of public sector enterprises, devaluing the naira and reducing government deficits and these translated into specific policy measures in the agricultural sector such as abolition of commodity boards, privatization and commercialization of agricultural and agroindustrial enterprises (Mesike, et al, 2008), the removal of all government subsidies on food and other agricultural products, promotion of the production and export of non-traditional agricultural. In view of the foregoing, this study was designed to provide an empirical information on the growth rates of maize production in Nigeria in the Pre – SAP, SAP and Post – SAP periods which would be relevant for policy formulation, implementation and evaluation in Nigeria
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