<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <article key="pdf/16195" mdate="2013-08-27 00:00:00"> <author>Alhaji M. H. Conteh and Xiangbin Yan and Alfred V Gborie</author> <title>Evaluating the Effect of Domestic Price on Rice Production in an African Setting A Typical Evidence of the Sierra Leone Case</title> <pages>2359 - 2364</pages> <year>2013</year> <volume>7</volume> <number>8</number> <journal>International Journal of Economics and Management Engineering</journal> <ee>https://publications.waset.org/16195.pdf</ee> <url>https://publications.waset.org/vol/80</url> <publisher>World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology</publisher> <abstract>Rice, which is the staple food in Sierra Leone, is consumed on a daily basis. It is the most imperative food crop extensively grown by farmers across all ecologies in the country. Though much attention is now given to rice grain production through the small holder commercialization programme (SHCP), however, no attention has been given in investigating the limitations faced by rice producers. This paper will contribute to attempts to overcome the development challenges caused by food insecurity. The objective of this paper is thus, to analysis the relationship between rice production and the domestic retail price of rice. The study employed a log linear model in which, the quantity of rice produced is the dependent variable, quantity of rice imported, price of imported rice and price of domestic rice as explanatory variables. Findings showed that, locally produced rice is even more expensive than the imported rice per ton, and almost all the inhabitants in the capital city which hosts about 65 of the entire population of the country favor imported rice, as it is free from stones with other impurities. On the other hand, to control price and simultaneously increase rice production, the government should purchase the rice from the farmers and then sell to private retailers. </abstract> <index>Open Science Index 80, 2013</index> </article>