TY  - SER
AU  - Mohammed, S
TI  - Economic Assessment of Rice Enterprises as Entrepreneurship Northern Nigeria
PY  - 2013///
KW  - Marketing
KW  - Processing
KW  - Production
KW  - Rice
KW  - Green Entrepreneurship
KW  - Agripreneurship
KW  - Hues And Arrays Of Entrepreneurship-Agro
KW  - Entrepreneurship
KW  - Tenth Biennial Conference On Entrepreneu
KW  - Biennial Conference Papers
N2  - Nigeria is the most populous black nation in the world with an unemployment rate of 21%. Most youths in Nigeria prefer white-collar jobs and are ignorant or afraid of becoming entrepreneurs. Agriculture is  the mainstay of the Nigeria economy contributing about 31.1% of the nation's GDP and providing about 70% employment of the working force. It is the major source of raw materials for industries and the reliance on it by many industries makes it an alternative option to be ventured into by youths. A potential entrepreneur faces risk situation when he is required to make a choice between two or more enterprises whose outcomes are not known and must be evaluated in advance with limited information. Thus, this paper assesses the economic viability of  rice industry as an entrepreneurship option in northern Nigeria. Northern Nigeria was chosen for the study because of the prevalence of poverty in the area in spite of its relative advantage in agricultural production and distribution over the rest of the country. Several research works conducted on rice in the study area were adequately reviewed. The results showed that the gross margin of rice processors in the area ranged from N25
ER  -