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It identifies critical constraints faced by value-chain actors, then proposes targeted reforms and investments to address them. Using granular lessons from Vietnam, the note benchmarks Nigeria’s policy objectives and implementation differences, highlighting evidence on yield gaps, production systems, and the role of technology, market access, and coordinated investment for inclusive agribusiness growth.","Disclosure Authorized Public Disclosure Authorized Public Disclosure Authorized  \nNIGERIA  \nShutterstock  \nPublic  \nPOLICY REFORMS AND INVESTMENT PRIORITIES IN THE RICE VALUE CHAIN  \nPolicy note, December 2021  \n2 I page Policy Reforms and Investment Priorities in the Rice Value Chain  \nThis note aims to summarize policy reforms and investment priorities required to increase the productivity and competitiveness of the rice value chain. It discusses the critical challenges faced by value chain actors, outlines the reforms and investments required to address the challenges, and draws and shares granular lessons on successful models of rice value chain development based on the Vietnam experience. The note was prepared by Elliot Mghenyi and draws largely upon the World Bank report1 titled “Transforming Agribusiness for Inclusive Recovery, Jobs Creation and Poverty Reduction: Policy Reforms and Investment Priorities,” authored by Elliot Mghenyi, Cora Dankers, James Thurlow, and Chidozie Anyiro.  \nBenchmarking Nigeria against Vietnam  \nKey message \\# 1. Nigeria can draw important lessons from Vietnam on reforms and investments to enhance the competitiveness of the rice value chain.  \n• Vietnam has emerged as a global leader in agribusiness and a major exporter of rice and several other commodities and products that are important in Nigeria’s agribusiness sector. In 2019, Vietnam generated exports of rice, seafood, vegetables and fruits, cassava, cashew nuts, coffee, tea, black pepper, wood and wood products, and rubber worth US$40 billion – with rice alone contributing about US$2.8 billion in export earnings.  \n• Vietnam’s competitiveness in these value chains is founded on productivity growth in the on-farm and off-farm segments, and better coordination of investments across value chains.  \n• Access to remunerative export markets has increased returns on investments for agribusinesses, created jobs in agribusiness value chains, raised the incomes of farmers, and increased foreign exchange earnings and public revenues.  \n• The rise in farmer incomes and agricultural wages contributed about 75 percent of the poverty reduction in rural areas between 2010 and 2018.  \n• The strong performance of agricultural value chains in Vietnam has ushered a model of structural transformation that could serve Nigeria very well. Farm incomes have been invested in rural sectorsand created job opportunities outside farming, leading to broad-based growth in the rural economy. Labor released from farming has been productively absorbed in the rural non-farming sector, which differs from the usual pattern where labor migrates to urban sectors leaving rural sectors without skills and a lack of services and goods necessary to catalyze rural development.  \nSource: World Bank, 2020.  \n1 The report can be accessed at [https://imagebank2.worldbank.org/Search/33064869](https://imagebank2.worldbank.org/Search/33064869)  \nPolicy Reforms and Investment Priorities in the Rice Value Chain page I 3  \nKey message \\# 2. Nigeria’s high-level policy objective of achieving self-sufficiency in rice, which gained traction in the 2000s, is similar to Vietnam’s policy in the 1970s. However, the implementation strategy could not be more different.  \n• While Vietnam embarked on Research and Development (R&D) to develop new high-yielding varieties, Nigeria focused on import restrictions to spur domestic production. Not surprisingly, production growth in Nigeria has been driven by expansion in area under cultivation while average yields have stagnated.  \nCritical Challenges Facing Value Chain Actors  \n(a) Production Constraints  \nKey message \\# 3. Rice yields in Nigeria and Vietnam were comparable in the late 1970s and early  \n1980s. 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