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Refocusing Agricultural Subsidy For Food Security In Nigeria, Sulaiman A. Yusuf
Refocusing Agricultural Subsidy For Food Security In Nigeria, Sulaiman A. Yusuf
Economic and Financial Review
Food security has remained a key human right-related issue and ranks second only to poverty on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The objectives of this paper are to identify the gaps in agriculture subsidy regime; and to identify options for refocusing of the subsidy regime to improve food security.
Following the introduction, section 2 explores the nexus of agricultural subsidy and food security, while section 3 reviews the agricultural subsidy regime in Nigeria. Section 4 discusses the input-output dimensions of agricultural subsidy in Nigeria, and in section 5, the paper takes a dive into the agricultural subsidies from international perspective. …