January 2015

Resolving Nigeria’s dependency on oil – The derivation model

Since the discovery of oil in commercial quantity in Nigeria in 1956 and the oil boom of 1970s, oil has dominated the economy of the country. Oil accounts for more than 90 percent of the country’s exports, 25 percent of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP), and 80 percent of government total revenues.  As a result, the economy of the country has been substantially unstable, a consequence of the heavy dependence...

Author(s): Agbaeze, E. K, Udeh, S. N and I. O. Onwuka

January 2015

Income distribution in rural Egypt—A three-village case

Using household survey data, this paper examines the case of three villages in rural Egypt to shed light on the determinants of income distribution. We first employ decomposition techniques to identify the contribution of farm and non-farm income to overall household inequality. We then use regression analysis to identify the role of different factors in determining the level of farm and non-farm income. Based on the...

Author(s): Erina Iwasaki

January 2015

Access of urban farmers to land, water and inputs for urban agriculture in Dodoma municipality, Tanzania

This paper examines the access of urban farmers to land, water and inputs for urban agriculture (UA) towards household food security, employment creation and income generation in Dodoma municipality. A cross-sectional survey was employed involving 300 urban farmers from both squatter and non-squatter settlements. Structured questionnaires, focus group discussions, key informants, observations and documentary review were...

Author(s): Baltazar M.L. Namwata, Idris S. Kikula and Peter A. Kopoka