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| Provedor de dados: |
AgEcon
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| País: |
United States
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| Título: |
URBAN HOUSEHOLD DEMAND FOR MEAT AND MEAT PRODUCTS IN NIGERIA: AN ALMOST IDEAL DEMAND SYSTEM ANALYSIS
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| Autores: |
Ezedinma, Chuma I.
Kormawa, P.M.
Chianu, Jonas
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| Data: |
2009-10-26
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| Ano: |
2006
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| Palavras-chave: |
Urban households
Meat demand
Demand analysis
Nigeria
Demand and Price Analysis
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| Resumo: |
This study is based on micro level data on urban household food consumption and expenditure collected between 1999 and 2000 in three Nigerian cities. The LA/AIDS model, which allows the inclusion of demographic variables, was applied to a subset of the data on meat and meat products namely beef, mutton/goat, chicken, fish, eggs, and milk. Results indicate that urban demand for meat products will continue to increase as incomes improve, suggesting potential market opportunities especially for poultry. Intra-household demand patterns clearly indicate the importance of beef for children but contrary to expectations, there is a reduced demand for milk as the number of infants in urban households increase. The observed high income elasticity of demand for poultry products may have a positive impact on the derived demand for maize, a primary product in poultry feed. Encouraging poultry production will help restore the battered agricultural sector of Nigeria, increase farmer income, reduce unemployment, and conserve foreign exchange earnings.
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| Tipo: |
Report
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| Idioma: |
Inglês
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| Identificador: |
http://purl.umn.edu/54404
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| Relação: |
Farm Management Association of Nigeria (FAMAN)>FAMAN papers 2006
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| Formato: |
12
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