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Rice, Pasta Sales Drop To 5-year Low


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Rising inflation has made staple foods including rice and pasta less affordable for many Nigerians as sales fell to the lowest in five years, according to a new report by a global market research provider. The staple foods, which make up…

“Rice grown in Nigeria can compete globally,” Association boasts


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The Rice Farmers Association of Nigeria (RIFAN) has expressed pride in the country's locally grown rice, saying that it can now compete with those grown and processed in other parts of the world, especially as some foreign rice growers are…

Nigeria to Begin Export of Rice to Other Countries – RIFAN


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The Rice Farmers Association of Nigeria (RIFAN) has said the country will soon begin the exportation of rice to other countries, following the ongoing rice revolution in the country. Speaking with newsmen in Abuja on Tuesday,…

Group Lauds CBN, Farmers Partnership In Boosting Food Production


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The Advocates of Social Justice for All (ASJA), has commended the strategic partnership between the Central Bank of Nigeria and the Rice Farmers Association of Nigeria under the Anchor Borrowers Programme of the Federal Government.…

NAIDA Faults CBN’s N850b Anchor Borrowers Programme


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The Nigeria Agro Input Dealers Association (NAIDA) has faulted the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) on the disbursement of over N850 billion to finance the Anchor Borrowers Programme (ABP) The association argued that even with the money…

Kano rice farmers record bumper harvest


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Rice farmers in Dakasoye settlement of Garun Malam local government area of Kano State have said they recorded bumper harvest despite the shortage of rain in the 2021 season. Speaking with the newmen  at Garun Malam they said this was…

Nigeria Decries Increase in Rice Smuggling through Land Borders


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The Federal Government has raised the alarm over the spate of rice smuggling in the country through land borders. Specifically, the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Dr Mahmood Abubakar and Chairman of the Presidential…

Olam To Increase Paddy Rice Production To 240,000 Tons Annually


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Olam Integrated Rice Farm in Rukubi, Nasarawa State, has announced plans to increase its production capacity from the current 120,000 tons to 240,000 metric tons of paddy per annum. The Senior Vice President of Olam Rice Business, Anil…

UNDP-GEF hosts Agriculture Greenfield Day in Gombe State


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Rebecca Mu’azu, Gombe The Project of the United Nations Development and the Global Environment facility has held an Agriculture Green Field Day for the ten beneficiary communities in Kaltungo and Balanga Local government Areas of Gombe…

Rail transport will crash price of rice- Expert


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THE Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of TITAN Farms Limited, Chief Gbenga Eyiolawi, has said that better days are ahead of rice consumers in the country, as the price of rice would soon reduce drastically owing to the operations of…