Maize supply response to price and nonprice determinants in Nigeria: bounds testing approach

Abstract

This paper estimates the responses of maize supply to own price, price of yam, price of cassava, rainfall, and fertilizer use in Nigeria using a fully modified ordinary least squares and ordinary least squares estimators. I find that in the long run, maize supply responds significantly and positively to own price and yam price, rainfall, and fertilizer use, but negatively to the price of cassava. I observe that the short-run supply responds only to the fertilizer use and rainfall, which are positive and negative, respectively.