Agricultural Economics of Nigeria: Paradoxes and Crossroads of Multimodal Nature Professor Eric C. Eboh Professor of Agricultural Economics University of Nigeria CONTENTS 1.0 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT 2 2.0 CONCEPTUAL APPROACH OF THIS INAUGURAL LECTURE 6 REFLECTIONS ON THE STRATEGIC ROLE OF AGRICULTURAL ECONOMY 8 3.0 4.0 5.0 AGRICULTURE FROM THE LOOKING GLASS OF MAN’S ECONOMIC HISTORY 16 AGRICULTURAL ECONOMY FROM PARADIGMATIC VIEWPOINTS ABOUT THE STATE VIS-A-VIS MARKET 21 6.0 NIGERIAN AGRICULTURE
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and clothing. Unemployment rates are on the rise and unemployment is becoming a leading issue in America after the economic recession the country has been facing in recent years. Because employment is the standard means for earning a salary to afford the basic needs to live‚ job cuts have serious repercussions. There are different causes of unemployment‚ many effects on unemployed individuals and the individual’s family‚ and numerous statistics that show the rise of unemployment rates as well as
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Impact of Industrial development on Nigeria stock market. The potentials of capital market in Nigeria as a catalyst to economic and industrial development cannot be over emphasized. The capital market as an internal part of a country’s financial system operates at the long end of the system to mobilize resources for long term development and growth. Basically‚ the capital market accelerates growth by providing ‚relatively long term capital - debt and equity finance – for government and corporate
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Unemployment refers to the number of people in an economy who are willing and able to work‚ but are unable to get a job. Some effects on the economy are that individuals need to satisfy their needs before their wants‚ therefore decreasing their standard of living. Businesses will have to cut prices in order to sell their products. By cutting prices this leads to sometimes negative profits. If this happens to a business constantly the business will go out of business which will lead to an increase
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NIGERIA The Federal Republic of Nigeria comprises thirty six states and its Federal Capital Territory is Abuja. Nigeria is located in West Africa and shares land borders with the Republic of Benin in the west‚ Chad and Cameroon in the east‚ and Niger in the north. Its coast in the south lies on the Gulf of Guinea on the Atlantic Ocean. The Flag The flag of Nigeria consists of three equal sized vertical stripes - the right and left stripe are green; and the middle stripe is white. The Nigerian
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ECONOMICS DEPARTMENT UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA NSUKKA IMPACT OF MACROECONOMIC VARIABLES ON STOCK PRICES IN NIGERIA: AN ECONOMETRIC ANALYSIS UCHE‚ GEORGE EWA 2011 IMPACT OF MACROECONOMIC VARIABLES ON STOCK PRICES IN NIGERIA: AN ECONOMETRIC ANALYSIS UCHE‚ GEORGE EWA 2007/147949 Being a research project submitted to the Department of Economics‚ in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the award of a Bachelor of Science Degree in Economics. AUGUST‚ 2011 i APPROVAL PAGE This
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INTRODUCTION Nigeria‚ like the rest of the world‚ is exposed to a wide range of natural or human induced disasters. While some of these disasters are rapid‚ others are slow-onset‚ resulting in catastrophic situations leading to loss of lives and property‚ degradation of environment. These disasters occur in form of drought‚ desertification‚ flooding‚ epidemics‚ coastal erosion‚ dam failure‚ building collapse‚ oil spillage‚ maritime collision or accident‚ bomb explosion‚ communal clash‚ fire‚ air
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race‚ and even ecological systems. As Nigeria consists of a wealthy class which seeks wealth by any means‚ it is hard to see how a country like this can evolve much more until corruption is taken out of everyday relationships of the upper class. However‚ there is great hope at the same time‚ because Nigeria is a country that has learned to make positive changes and learned from many of these changes‚ such as the democratization of the Nigerian state. Nigeria has learned to adapt and deal with many
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1992). Monetary policy in the Nigerian context refers to the actions of the Central Bank of Nigeria to regulate the money supply which could be through discretional monetary policy instruments such as the open market operation (OMO)‚ discount rate‚ reserve requirement‚ moral suasion‚ direct control of banking system credit‚ and direct regulation of interest rate (Iyoha‚ 2002). The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) derives its mandate from the CBN Act of 1958. Section one of the CBN Decree No. 24 of
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The impact of ICT on intermodal and intermodal transportation in Nigeria Overview of transportation in Nigeria Transportation is the basis for economic‚ social and political development in most societies as it exhibits a close relationship to the style and quality of living of the society. Transportation plays an important role in the day-to -day activities of the society. Some of the roles it plays in our societies are the subject of this paper. This paper therefore attempts to illustrate the
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