@article{article_1329540, title={Per Capita Meat Consumption: The Trend and Macroeconomic Determinants in Nigeria}, journal={Kahramanmaraş Sütçü İmam Üniversitesi Tarım ve Doğa Dergisi}, volume={27}, pages={972–983}, year={2024}, DOI={10.18016/ksutarimdoga.vi.1329540}, author={Akpan, Sunday and Udoh, Edet and Nkanta, Veronica S.}, keywords={Meat, Trend, Macroeconomic, Nigeria}, abstract={This study examined trends in per capita consumption of game meat, mutton, pork, and total meat and provided evidence of their correlation with key macroeconomic factors in Nigeria. Data from the Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO), the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), and the World Bank (WB) covering the period 1981-2021 were analyzed. The results showed that game meat, mutton, pork, and total meat consumption per capita recorded annual exponential growth rates of -0.87%, 2.05%, 2.08%, and -0.54%, respectively. The empirical results showed that the inflation rate, nominal exchange rate, GDP per capita, credit to the agricultural sector, and the capacity utilization rate in the meat industry influence the per capita consumption of game meat, mutton, pork, and the total meat consume in both the short and long-run periods. To increase the per capita meat consumption in the country, it is strongly recommended that appropriate macroeconomic measures should be adopted to reduce the current inflation rate and the nominal exchange rate (N/$). At the same time, concerted efforts should be made to increase Nigerians purchasing power through an increase in the per capita GDP.}, number={4}, publisher={Kahramanmaras Sutcu Imam University}