@article{Oyinbo:157584,
      recid = {157584},
      author = {Oyinbo, O. and Omolehin, R. A. and Abdulsalam, Z.},
      title = {Analysis of the Demand for Rice in Kaduna State, Nigeria},
      journal = {AGRIS on-line Papers in Economics and Informatics},
      address = {2013-09-30},
      number = {665-2016-44953},
      series = {5},
      pages = {8},
      month = {Sep},
      year = {2013},
      abstract = {The kernel of this study was to ascertain the determinants  of rice consumption and the compensated as well as the  uncompensated demand for rice in Kaduna State using  household consumption data obtained from a sample of 310  households through the instrumentality of a structured  questionnaire. LA-AIDS model was employed to analyse the  data and the result of the data analysis showed that the  price of rice, price of beans, price of maize, price of  yam, food expenditure, age of household head, household  income and number of household income earners were all  significant in influencing the households demand for rice.  The estimated compensated (-0.7921) and  uncompensated(-0.8887) own price elasticities of rice  indicated that rice was price inelastic and the estimated  expenditure(0.69) elasticity of rice indicated that rice is  not a luxury in the households food basket but a necessity.  From the findings of the study, it is recommended that  efforts at increasing supply of local rice should be  intensified as this will reduce the prices of local rice  brands and invariably enhance demand for local rice by  households as rice was estimated to be own-price inelastic  and also, rice should be prioritized as a core food crop in  food security programmes as it was found to be a necessity  in households food basket.},
      url = {http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/157584},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.22004/ag.econ.157584},
}