nigeria rice production news

Nigeria has overtaken Egypt as the largest rice producer in Africa, Director-General, Africa Rice Center, Benin Republic, Dr. Harold Roy-Macauley has said. According to Roy-Macauley, Nigeria now produces 4 million tonnes a year to overtake Egypt. Egypt was producing 4.3 million tonnes annually...

The Federal Government has decided to shut down the borders with a neighbouiring country through which rice is smuggled on a large scale into Nigeria. Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Audu Ogbeh, who stated this, added that the action will be taken in a few days’ time. Ogbeh spoke...