Mapping the policy process in Nigeria: Examining linkages between research and policy

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cg.authorship.typesCGIAR single centre
cg.coverage.countryNigeria
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2NG
cg.coverage.regionWestern Africa
cg.coverage.regionAfrica
cg.coverage.regionSub-Saharan Africa
cg.creator.identifierNoora-Lisa Aberman: 0000-0002-9469-3260
cg.creator.identifierMichael Johnson: 0000-0002-8567-2791
cg.identifier.projectIFPRI - Nigeria Strategy Support Program
cg.identifier.projectIFPRI - Development Strategy and Governance Division
cg.number12
cg.placeAbuja, Nigeria
cg.reviewStatusInternal Review
dc.contributor.authorAberman, Noora-Lisa
dc.contributor.authorSchiffer, Eva
dc.contributor.authorJohnson, Michael E.
dc.contributor.authorOboh, Victor
dc.date.accessioned2024-11-21T09:50:00Zen
dc.date.available2024-11-21T09:50:00Zen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/160044
dc.titleMapping the policy process in Nigeria: Examining linkages between research and policyen
dcterms.abstractHow research can feed into the policy process in developing countries in general, and in Nigeria more specifically, is not very well understood. Yet, this understanding is a critical part of doing effective policy research. This has become especially critical for the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), which has set up a country office for policy research in Nigeria. A key challenge for IFPRI, and other research organizations in the country, is how to better integrate research results into policy and communicate research results to Nigerian policymakers. To gain some useful insights into how research does, or does not, influence policy in Nigeria, we examined a case involving the process leading up to the adoption of the National Fertilizer Policy for Nigeria in 2006. Rather than focusing on how research influences policy in general, examining a particular policy allowed us to trace the actual policy process that took place, the actors involved, and the type of links and interactions between them. A diverse group of stakeholders (government, donors, research community, farmer organizations, and the private sector) undoubtedly debated the content of the fertilizer policy. Thus, its successful formulation and adoption offered a useful opportunity to examine how it came about in spite of competing vested interests (for or against it), and what role, if any, research-based information played in developing it. The policy covered some highly contentious political issues, most prominently the issue of privatization of the fertilizer sector in place of the large-scale and long-standing subsidy program. How the actors engaged and appeased people with vested interests who would normally oppose the policy, and the degree to which research-based information played a role in policy development, is of interest to IFPRI and others engaged in policy research.en
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Access
dcterms.bibliographicCitationAberman, Noora-Lisa; Schiffer, Eva; Johnson, Michael; and Oboh, Victor. 2009. Mapping the policy process in Nigeria: Examining linkages between research and policy. NSSP Working Paper 12. Abuja, Nigeria: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). https://hdl.handle.net/10568/160044en
dcterms.extent28 p.
dcterms.isPartOfNSSP Working Paperen
dcterms.issued2009
dcterms.languageen
dcterms.publisherInternational Food Policy Research Institute
dcterms.relationhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/154667en
dcterms.replaceshttps://ebrary.ifpri.org/digital/collection/p15738coll2/id/25985
dcterms.subjectcrediten
dcterms.subjectagricultureen
dcterms.subjectdevelopment policiesen
dcterms.subjectgenderen
dcterms.subjectmicrofinanceen
dcterms.subjectwomenen
dcterms.subjectagricultural policiesen
dcterms.typeWorking Paper

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