Mendeley Data: Input data for the Nigerian Energy-Food Model (NEFM)

This Data Article houses secondary data, consisting of the available historic and current farm production data in Nigeria such as crop type, yields, prices, crop production inputs’ (e.g. labour, fertilizer, pesticide, seed, cash capital) as well as the Nigerian food consumption, ethanol demand, and international commodity (crop/food) trade (import and export) data. The data were collected from reputable online databases such as FAOSTAT, World Bank, IMF, USDA, NBS, IITA, etc., and through personal research visits to Nigerian government agencies such as Federal and State Ministries of Agricultural and Rural Development, State Agricultural Development Agency (ADP) in Nigeria, National (Nigerian) Bureau of Statistics (NBS) and others; and were assembled, screened, processed (tabulated them according to GAMS table requirements), and applied via General Algebraic Modelling System (GAMS) to analyse the Nigerian Biofuels (bioethanol production) Potential, assessing its policy impacts on domestic (Nigerian) food and energy securities, job creation, rural development, and the economy. Ndukwe Agbai Dick collected all the data, processed and applied them through GAMS to analyse the Nigerian Biofuel potential during his PhD research studies at Newcastle University, England, between October 2010 and September, 2014. The research visit took place between March 1st and June, 2012. Research findings from the analysis of these data using GAMS have been have been partly documented in paper titled "Analysis of the Inherent Energy-Food Dilemma of the Nigerian Biofuels Policy using Partial Equilibrium Model: The Nigerian Energy-Food Model (NEFM)", which has been peer-reviewed and recommended for publication with major revisions in a reputable international high impact journal - Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews (RSER). Of course, a revised version of the paper has been resubmitted for final evaluation, acceptance and publication; which we hope to happen soon.