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Drivers of transformation of the maize sector in Nigeria

dc.contributor.authorAssfaw Wossen, T.
dc.contributor.authorMenkir, A.
dc.contributor.authorAlene, A.
dc.contributor.authorAbdoulaye, T.
dc.contributor.authorAjala, S.
dc.contributor.authorBadu-Apraku, B.
dc.contributor.authorGedil, M.
dc.contributor.authorMengesha Abera, W.
dc.contributor.authorMeseka, S.K.
dc.date.accessioned2023-10-19T09:32:31Z
dc.date.available2023-10-19T09:32:31Z
dc.date.issued2023-09
dc.identifier.citationAssfaw 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.
dc.identifier.issn2211-9124
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12478/8291
dc.description.abstractMaize 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.
dc.description.sponsorshipInternational Fund for Agricultural Development
dc.description.sponsorshipUnited Nations Development Programme
dc.description.sponsorshipHarvestPlus
dc.description.sponsorshipBill & Melinda Gates Foundation
dc.description.sponsorshipUnited States Agency for International Development
dc.description.sponsorshipFoundation for Food and Agriculture Research
dc.format.extent1-12
dc.language.isoen
dc.subjectSeed
dc.subjectFood Security
dc.subjectClimate Smart Agriculture
dc.subjectSeed Quality
dc.subjectMaize
dc.subjectNigeria
dc.titleDrivers of transformation of the maize sector in Nigeria
dc.typeJournal Article
cg.contributor.crpMaize
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Institute of Tropical Agriculture
cg.coverage.regionAfrica
cg.coverage.regionWest Africa
cg.coverage.countryNigeria
cg.coverage.hubEastern Africa Hub
cg.coverage.hubHeadquarters and Western Africa Hub
cg.researchthemeBiotech and Plant Breeding
cg.isijournalISI Journal
cg.authorship.typesCGIAR Single Centre
cg.iitasubjectAgronomy
cg.iitasubjectFood Security
cg.iitasubjectMaize
cg.iitasubjectPlant Breeding
cg.iitasubjectPlant Production
cg.journalGlobal Food Security
cg.notesOpen Access Article; Published online: 31 Aug 2023
cg.accessibilitystatusOpen Access
cg.reviewstatusPeer Review
cg.usagerightslicenseCreative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 0.0)
cg.targetaudienceScientists
cg.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.gfs.2023.100713
cg.iitaauthor.identifierTesfamicheal Wossen Assfaw: 0000-0002-3672-2676
cg.iitaauthor.identifierAbebe Menkir: 0000-0002-5907-9177
cg.iitaauthor.identifierArega Alene: 0000-0002-2491-4603
cg.iitaauthor.identifierTahirou Abdoulaye: 0000-0002-8072-1363
cg.iitaauthor.identifierSam AJALA: 0000-0002-8955-408X
cg.iitaauthor.identifierBAFFOUR BADU-APRAKU: 0000-0003-0113-5487
cg.iitaauthor.identifierMelaku Gedil: 0000-0002-6258-6014
cg.iitaauthor.identifierWende Mengesha: 0000-0002-2239-7323
cg.iitaauthor.identifierSILVESTRO MESEKA: 0000-0003-1004-2450
cg.futureupdate.requiredNo
cg.identifier.issue100713
cg.identifier.volume38


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