By Gabriel Ewepu There is no doubt that while Nigeria is one of the world’s largest consumers of rice as staple, she is far from being self-sufficient in production.The
Plateau State Governor, Caleb Mutfwang has announced that his administration has earmarked 12,000 hectares of land for rice cultivation across the state. In his address marking
Growing concerns and fears are emerging in Africa’s most populous country over the possibility of Thailand’s 10-year-old stored rice finding its way into the Nigerian and
By Gbenga Oloniniran The Lagos State Government has said its partnership with Niger State is to boost rice production. The Special Adviser to the Governor on Agriculture, Dr.
Feyishola Jaiyesimi The average prices of rice, garri and beef rose 27.4 per cent in March, the most among selected food prices for the period, data from the National Bureau of
The price of paddy rice in Africa’s most populous nation has declined by a third over the past two months after the reopening of the Nigeria-Niger land border, a significant
Dare Olawin, Olasunkanmi Akinlotan, Anozie Egole and Henry Falaiye Following the recent rebound of the naira against the dollar, the price of a 50 kilogramme bag of rice has
The Federal Government’s efforts to address the issue of food scarcity in Nigeria has been given a boost with the recent four-part Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on sale and