Tag: rice production
Kano rice production increases to 3m tonnes
Gov. Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano state says his administration has boosted rice production to 3 million tonnes yearly to meet…
Ministry, RIFAN collaborate to boost rice production
Ministry of Water Resources and Rice Farmers Association of Nigeria (RIFAN), on Friday, signed an MoU for proper utilisation of…
Nigeria to export rice in 2 years
Sabo Nanono, Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, says with the phenomenal increase in rice production and processing in the…
Nigerians shall not live on rice alone
We cannot live on rice alone; at least we need protein in the mix – on that bowl of white,…
Imo Govt. to support promotion of rice production
The Imo Commissioner for Agriculture and Natural Resources, Mr Emma Nwaogu, has assured rice farmers in the state of government’s…
Stallion boosts rice production
Stallion group has inaugurated its multi-billion naira rice mill in Kano, a move to give a boost to production in…
Improving local Rice production in Nigeria
Rice, a staple food in most Nigerian homes has always enjoyed increasing demand across the country. As a staple that…
Ondo to partner Lagos on rice production
The Ondo State Government says it will partner with the Lagos State Government on rice production.
Kebbi produces 3.6m tonnes of nation’s rice – Official
Alhaji Muhammad Shehu, the Permanent Secretary, Kebbi Ministry of Agriculture, has said that the state produced 3.6 million tonnes of…
Nigerian Govt targets production of 8m tonnes of rice
The Federal Government says it is targeting the production of eight million tonnes of paddy by rice farmers across the…
Ondo Govt. expresses readiness to partner Dangote on rice production
The Ondo State Government has expressed its readiness to partner with the Dangote Group on the establishment of a 3,000-hectare…
Rice production: Federal Government targets 7m tonnes in 2018
Nigeria is inching closer to achieving self-sufficiency in rice production as the present administration targets seven million tonnes production of…
Zero Hunger Forum to assist Ebonyi generate N48.4bn annually
The Zero Hunger Forum, headed by former President Olusegun Obasanjo, has pledged to assist Ebonyi generate N48.4billion from rice production…
Rice Production: Nigeria to attain self-sufficiency by end of 2017 – Minister
Chief Audu Ogbeh, the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, on Monday, said that Nigeria would attain self-sufficiency in rice…
Monarch lauds rice, cassava production programme
Igwe Bennett Emeka, the traditional ruler of Umueri community in Anambra, has lauded the Federal Government/International Fund for Agricultural Development…
Enugu State records increase in rice production
Mr Ikechukwu Jude, the Project Coordinator of FADAMA III Additional Financing project in Enugu State, says farmers in the state…
Anambra Govt. hits 210,000mt target in rice production
e The Commissioner for Agriculture in Anambra, Mr Afam Mbanefo, said on Monday that the state has reached its target…
Nigeria can be self-sufficient in rice production
Mr. Akai Egwuonwu, a rice miller in Anambra, on Thursday,said Nigeria could be self-sufficient in rice production if the Federal…
Ambode ponders collaboration with Kebbi on rice production
Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode on Friday said the state government will consider the possibilities of collaborating with Kebbi State…
Lagos consumes N300b worth of rice annually — Ambode
Kazeem Ugbodaga Lagos Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode has disclosed that the state consumes about N300 billion worth of rice annually, out…
Dangote Group to invest $2.3bn in Northern Nigeria
The Dangote Group on Saturday pledged to invest 2.3 billion dollars in sugar-cane and rice production in the Northern part…
Rice Production: Lagos To Get N31.6bn World Bank Loan
The World Bank intends to provide a credit of N31.6 billion ($200 million) to Lagos State to boost rice production,…