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Maize-Consumption Expenditure of Rural and Urban Workers: Implications for Nigeria

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 November 2008

Remi Adeyemo
Affiliation:
Lecturer in Agricultural Economics, University of Ife, Ile-Ife

Extract

Maize is the third most important crop in the world after wheat and rice, being grown throughout the temperate, sub-tropical, and tropical zones wherever rainfall or irrigation is adequate. In Nigeria, it also takes third place, albeit behind sorghum and millet, and occupies more hectarage than any of the cereal crops in the humid forest zone.

Type
Africana
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1984

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