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    Efficiencyequity tradeoffs and the scope for resource reallocation in agricultural research: evidence from Nigeria

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    Date
    2009
    Author
    Alene, Arega D.
    Manyong, Victor M.
    Tollens, E.F.
    Abele, S.
    Type
    Journal Article
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    On the basis of projected economic and poverty impacts of alternative commodity research programs, this article assessed efficiency and equitytradeoffs and the scope for research resource reallocation in Nigeria. Given the importance of major food staples to both poor and nonpoorhouseholds in production and consumption, introducing a poverty dimension revealed no significant shift in priorities compared with those impliedby efficiency. The results showed that neither the additional benefits to the poor nor the foregone benefits to society are significant from prioritizingresearch according to equity—relative to efficiency—criteria. As current priorities are supported by neither efficiency nor equity criteria, however,there is considerable scope for maximizing research benefits to the poor through informed reallocation of research resources. The article concludeswith a discussion of the patterns of resource reallocations implied by efficiency and equity criteria.
    https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1574-0862.2008.00340.x
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    https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12478/2465
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    https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1574-0862.2008.00340.x
    IITA Subjects
    Agribusiness; Baseline Survey; Domestic Trade; Handling, Transport, Storage And Protection Of Agricultural Products; Markets; Value Chains; Research Method
    Agrovoc Terms
    Economic Surplus; Poverty Reduction; Priority Setting; Efficiency And Equity Criteria; Agricultural Research System
    Regions
    Acp; Africa; Europe; West Africa
    Countries
    Nigeria; Belgium
    Journals
    Agricultural Economics
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