Cassava Production in Nigeria: Trends, Instability and Decomposition Analysis

This study analyzed the compound growth rate (CGR) and contributions of yield area to cassava production output in Nigeria. In these analyses, factored into consideration, each periods, triennium beginning (TB) ending (TE). During period, TB 1970 – TE 1995, oscillated between 10.7t/ha (TE 1972) 10.6 t/ha (TB 1996). At this CGR for (0.7%), (10.8%) (11.5%) were positive. The decomposition analysis period revealed that increase was largely due expansion under cultivation (115%). However, during TB1996 TE2017, huge as a result interaction effects (56.8%) effect (43.8%). values (9.5%) (7.5%) positive while negative (-1.9%). There sharp decline from 11.7t/ha 2011) 7.9t/ha 2014). well compensated shrinking land cultivation. recommends policy strategies geared towards cutting edge scientific methods can achieve optimum Nigeria Keywords: Cassava production, trends, rate, DOI: 10.7176/DCS/12-3-04 Publication date: March 31 st 2022