Analysis of the effect of globalisation on Nigerian rubber industry
| Autor: | MESIKE, C. S., GIROH, D.Y., OWIE, O, SAGAY, G.A. |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2007 |
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| DOI: | 10.22004/ag.econ.329360 |
| Popis: | The globalisation of trade hcts. exposed. Nigeri,m. rubber. to the fltwtu_ations .in. global rubber prices and the instability in the natural rubber pr~ces has been a disincentive for rnbber production and exports. Underlyi_ng factors in the e?C,p9.rt of natural rubber &S a sub-sector of agriculture are investigated using secondary data_ frorn Nigeria· _d_µring J960-2004 and primary data from 120 farmers, Data were analysed using descriptiv.e statistics and multiple regression,. Result reveaJed that output and producers pri~e exerted positive effects on export supply, thaJ )s. a rise .in output and.·producers price would cause exporters to export more natµral rubqer. However; domestic consumpti9rt quantity and annual rainfall were dis-incentives to rubber exporters. Rubber producets als.o e_xperienced a multiplicity of probJems which centered on inputs ,used in rubper producticm and ~ged rubber trees . 9th annual conference of the Nigerian Association of Agricultural Economists, Bauchi, Nigeria, November 5-8, 2007 |
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