A team of International Investors from Egypt, led by Gen. Walid Soliman-Morsy, is in Kebbi State to explore areas of partnership in the production of rice...
A new modelling study published today warns that the dry-season irrigated rice in West Africa’s Sahel region has reached the critical threshold of 37 degrees Celsius...
The aggressive attention given to local rice production in line with agro-driven diversification of the economy by the federal and states governments has yielded unprecedented rise...
Nigeria is inching closer to achieving self-sufficiency in rice production as the present administration targets seven million tonnes production of the commodity in 2018, Minister of...
By Idebaneria Cynthia The Katsina State Government says it has invested N200 million in rice and cotton production under the Anchor Borrowers Programme in the state....
Senate President Bukola Saraki on Monday said the activities of smugglers are threatening Nigeria’s self-sufficiency in rice production and must be dealt with in the interest...
As rice assumes the world’s most consumed food, especially in developing countries, its trade imbalance my pit Nigeria against the world biggest exporter of the commodity....
By Odunewu Segun Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has assured Nigerians that by 2018, the country will produce enough rice to feed its population, and by...
With the ongoing Federal Government Rice Support Programme, National Daily’s Agribusiness Editor, Frank Oyakhilome speaks with the Managing Director of Igbemo Rice Processing Company Ltd and...
THE Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Chief Audu Ogbeh, recently declared that the Federal Government would stabilise the price of rice from April to make...
