TY  - CPAPER 
AB  - Smallholder farmers in Nigeria with total farm holdings of less than 5 hectares constitute about 70 percent of the farming population and produce most of the food crops and thereby contribute to food security and poverty reduction. Inspite of their contributions, they still have the challenges of globalization and liberalization which require producers compete in the markets hence commercial agriculture has come to the rescue which theoretical terms is associated with market oriented production. The objective of this paper is to review the environmental impacts of commercial agriculture in Nigeria. It presents an overview of the Nigeria’s commercial agriculture, its prospects and opportunities. It also highlights the hidden (environmental, economic and indirect) costs of commercial agriculture. The appropriate policies and prospects that can enhance rapid development of commercial agriculture were also mentioned. The paper recommends that the Nigerian authority should create the enabling environment for favourable macroeconomic policies, competent government administration, adequate infrastructure, political stability and a strong human capital base to move the country from subsistence level to commercial agriculture.
AU  - Alufohai, Grace Oghenerobor
AU  - Oyoboh, D.E.
DA  - 2013
DA  - 2013
DO  - 10.22004/ag.econ.160293
DO  - doi
ID  - 160293
KW  - Environmental Economics and Policy
KW  - Farm Management
KW  - Commercial agriculture
KW  - subsistence
KW  - Nigeria
KW  - farming
KW  - environmental impacts
L1  - https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/160293/files/Environmental%20Impacts%20of%20Commercial%20Ag.pdf
L2  - https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/160293/files/Environmental%20Impacts%20of%20Commercial%20Ag.pdf
L4  - https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/160293/files/Environmental%20Impacts%20of%20Commercial%20Ag.pdf
LA  - eng
LA  - English
LK  - https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/160293/files/Environmental%20Impacts%20of%20Commercial%20Ag.pdf
N2  - Smallholder farmers in Nigeria with total farm holdings of less than 5 hectares constitute about 70 percent of the farming population and produce most of the food crops and thereby contribute to food security and poverty reduction. Inspite of their contributions, they still have the challenges of globalization and liberalization which require producers compete in the markets hence commercial agriculture has come to the rescue which theoretical terms is associated with market oriented production. The objective of this paper is to review the environmental impacts of commercial agriculture in Nigeria. It presents an overview of the Nigeria’s commercial agriculture, its prospects and opportunities. It also highlights the hidden (environmental, economic and indirect) costs of commercial agriculture. The appropriate policies and prospects that can enhance rapid development of commercial agriculture were also mentioned. The paper recommends that the Nigerian authority should create the enabling environment for favourable macroeconomic policies, competent government administration, adequate infrastructure, political stability and a strong human capital base to move the country from subsistence level to commercial agriculture.
PY  - 2013
PY  - 2013
T1  - Environmental Impacts of Commercial Agriculture in Nigeria: A Review
TI  - Environmental Impacts of Commercial Agriculture in Nigeria: A Review
UR  - https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/160293/files/Environmental%20Impacts%20of%20Commercial%20Ag.pdf
Y1  - 2013
ER  -