Good intentions are not enough
Subtitle: collected essays on government and Nigerian agriculture
By: F.S. Idachaba
Publisher: University Press PLC
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Ibadan
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9789780309589; 9789780309596; 9789780309602
Other titles: Government and Nigerian agriculture
Notes: Essays written 1973-2000, most previously published in journals or as chapters in books published in Nigeria and elsewhere.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Table of contents: title: v. 1. The agricultural policy process. Agricultural policy process in Africa : role of policy analysts; title: Food policy in Nigeria : towards a framework of analysis; title: Food for all Nigerians : is there hope?; title: Desirable and workable agricultural policies for Nigeria in the first decade of the twenty first century; title: State-federal relations in Nigeria agriculture; title: Some considerations on economic aspects of a national food and nutrition policy for Nigeria; title: Nigeria's Green Revolution programme : pitfalls of public policy; title: Self-reliance as a strategy for Nigerian agriculture : cornucopia or Pandora's box?; title: Food production plan for Nigeria, 1981-85; title: Priorities for Nigerian agriculture in the fifth national development plan 1986-90; title: The political economy of Nigeria's Green Revolution programme; title: The philosophical foundations of economic restructuring and growth; title: Policy research in agriculture : the view of a policy analyst; title: Policy options for African agriculture; title: The 'demonstration effect' of farm institutes and settlements : theory and evidence.; title: v. 2. Commodity taxes and farm input subsidies. Farm input subsidies for the Green Revolution in Nigeria : lessons from experience; title: Pesticide input subsidies in African agriculture : the Nigerian experience; title: Marketing board crop taxation and input subsidies : a second-best approach; title: Econometric estimation of input demand functions in developing agriculture : the case of pesticides in Ondo, Oyo and Ogun States of Nigeria; title: Policy distortions, subsidies and rural employment generation : a second-best approach; title: Revenue potentials of tax on marketing board crops; title: Statistical evidence on tax revenue instability in Nigeria; title: Estimation of sales elasticities of marketing board crops; title: Revenue instability in developing countries : the Ghanaian experience; title: Supply response of upland in Ogun State of Nigeria : a producer panel approach; title: Input and output marketing systems : a Nigerian case; title: Marketing boards as potential stabilizers of government revenues in developing countries : the Nigerian experience; title: A farm input subsidy policy for the Green Revolution programme in Nigeria.; title: v. 3. Agricultural research, uncertainty and diversification. Agricultural resource allocation priorities : the Nigerian experience; title: Agricultural research in Nigeria : organization and policy; title: Strengthening the stability of national agricultural research systems (NARS): lessons from Nigeria; title: The role of the agricultural development projects (ADPs) in Nigeria's agricultural development strategy; title: The role of the agricultural development projects (ADPs) in Nigeria's quest for food self-sufficiency; title: Rural infrastructures and the small farmers; title: The Green Revolution : goals for and constraints on agricultural development in the 1980s; title: Rural development in Nigeria : foundations of sustainable economic development; title: Sustainability issues in agricultural development; title: human capital and African agricultural development; title: Instability and diversification of foreign exchange earnings : the African experience; title: Uncertainty, instability and diversification of foreign exchange earnings in West African international trade; title: Nigerian exports and food crops instability : new measures and evidence; title: Economic structure and public revenue instability : the Nigerian and Ghanaian experiences; title: The analysis of buffer fund price stabilization by export monopoly marketing agencies in developing countries : a comment; title: Commodity boards in Nigeria : a crisis of identity; title: Agricultural research staff instability : the Nigerian experience.