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Effects of oil resource endowment, natural gas and agriculture output : policy options for inclusive growth
Mesagan, Ekundayo P.; Adenuga, Juliet I. - 2019
Nigeria between 1970 and 2017. We use employment, life expectancy, and income per capita to capture inclusive growth, from … growth spread in Nigeria whereas the agriculture resource is critical for inclusive growth. It is important to focus on …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012111593
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Energy poverty, environmental degradation and agricultural productivity in Sub-Saharan Africa
Dimnwobi, Stephen Kelechi; Okere, Kingsley Ikechukwu; … - 2022
Agricultural productivity remains pivotal to the sustenance of the economies and livelihoods of Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) countries. Given the emerging threat of energy and environmental uncertainties globally, this study makes a foray into understanding the link among energy poverty,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013468198
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Climate change and agricultural productivity in West Africa
Iheonu, Chimere Okechukwu; Asongu, Simplice; Emeka, … - 2022
Agriculture remains one of the major sources of livelihood in West Africa. The sector accounts for a significant share of output and employment in the sub-region. However, extreme weather events have been signaled to affect the sector's productivity in recent times. In this study, we investigate...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013380621
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Empowerment of rural young people in informal farm entrepreneurship : the role of corporate social responsibility in Nigeria's oil producing communities
Uduji, Joseph I.; Okolo-Obasi, Elda N. - 2021
multinational oil companies in Nigeria. Its main focus is to investigate the impact of the global memorandum of understanding (GMoU …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012544850
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Toward achieving sustainable development agenda : nexus between agriculture, trade openness, and oil rents in Nigeria
Adedoyin, Festus Fatai; Osundina, Olawumi A.; Bekun, … - 2022
Over the years, agriculture has been considered as a panacea for long-term economic growth as believed by the physiocracy school of thought. Aligning this with the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals (specifically UN-SDG-2 which highlights zero hunger), the present study empirically...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013206572
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The impact of e-wallet on informal farm entrepreneurship development in rural Nigeria
Uduji, Joseph I.; Okolo-Obasi, Elda N.; Asongu, Simplice - 2018
investigation is to assess the impact of the Federal Government of Nigeria (FGN) e - wallet programme on informal farm … entrepreneurship development in rural Nigeria. Informal sector farmers are those that are not legal ly registered at the national level … geo - political zones of Nigeria. Results from the use of a bivariate probit model indicate that the mobile phone - based …
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Women empowerment and intra-household dietary diversity in Nigeria
Tanankem, Belmondo V.; Efobi, Uchenna Rapuluchukwu; … - 2016
This study used a nationally representative survey from the 2012-2013 World Bank's General Household Survey for Nigeria …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011586946
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Electronic wallet technology and the enabling environment of smallholder farmers in Nigeria
Uduji, Joseph I.; Okolo-Obasi, Elda N.; Asongu, Simplice - 2019
) in Nigeria. Design/methodology/approach - This paper adopts a survey research technique, aimed at gathering information … exist at present. A total of one thousand, two hundred farmers were sampled across the six geopolitical zones of Nigeria … country. Practical implication - This implies that if the federal government of Nigeria is to work towards an ideal …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012051858
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Does agricultural value added induce environmental degradation? : empirical evidence from an agrarian country
Agboola, Mary Oluwatoyin; Bekun, Festus Victor - 2019
of Nigeria, affirming that Nigeria remains at the scale-effect stage of its growth trajectory. Further empirical results … show that foreign direct investment attraction helps mitigate carbon emissions in Nigeria. Based on these results, several …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012030517
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Agricultural sector performance, institutional framework and food security in Nigeria
Osabohien, Romanus; Osabuohien, Evans; Ohalete, Precious - 2019
framework thereby ensuring food security in Nigeria. It employs the ARDL (Autoregressive Distributed Lag) with data from the … Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) statistical bulletin, Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), World Development Indicators (WDI …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012122499