rice production in nigeria

The federal government says its revolution in agriculture, especially in the rice sub-sector, has cut down the country’s unemployment rate by 12 million jobs in just two years..... Read more via Leadership Newspaper – https://ift.tt/2FAJ2pU Get More Nigeria Political News

The Federal Government has approved N60 billion in support of its rice subsidy programme aimed at bringing down the price of the commodity across the country.... Read more via P.M. News – https://ift.tt/2QMgXgv Get More Nigeria Metro News

Kebbi State governor, Atiku Bagudu has disclosed that rice production has risen from 5.7 to 17 million metric tonnes per annum in two and a half years. He made the disclosure to State House Correspondents after a meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa. Read more...

Wattana Kunwongse, Thailand’s ambassador to Nigeria, has faulted a claim reportedly made by the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Audu Ogbeh, that Thailand accused Nigeria of being responsible for the collapse of its seven rice mills following the drastic fall in rice importation...

President of the African Development Bank (AfDB), Akinwumi Adesina, has said that billionaire businessman, Aliko Dangote, may become the largest exporter of rice in the world by 2021. Speaking at the Mo Ibrahim Forum in Morocco over the weekend, Adesina said Africa must focus on agriculture to...

Nigeria's Acting President Yemi Osinbajo on Monday met with 4 state governors Presidential Task Force on Rice and Wheat production. Kebbi state governor, Abubakar Bagudu, Kano State's Abdullahi Banduje, Jigawa State's Badaru Abubakar and Dave Umahi of Ebonyi state attended the meeting...