According to Chief Oludare Adekolu, the National Chairman of the Association of Greenfield Rice Producers, Marketers and Entrepreneurs (AGRIPMENT), Nigeria has the capacity to produce far more rice than what obtains at present if genuine producers get adequate support.  

CBN Distributes Inputs Worth N820m To 3,102 Rice Farmers       The Ekiti State Commissioner for Agriculture, Dr Olabide Adetoyi, said on Tuesday that farm inputs worth over N820m had been distributed to 3,102 rice farmers in the state under the Central Bank of Nigeria/Rice Farmers Association...

Kebbi Rice Farmers Produces 4m Tonnes Annually — RIFAN       The Chairman, Rice Farmers Association of Nigeria (RIFAN) in Kebbi, Alhaji Muhammed Sahabi-Augie on Sunday said the total rice output produced annually in the state has reached over four million tonnes. Sahabi-Augie told some students on excursion...

CBN To Offer Single-digit Loans To Rice Farmers In Niger-Delta   The Central Bank of Nigeria said it would offer single-digit loan to rice farmers in the Niger Delta area and provide index insurance for participating farmers. This was contained in a statement signed by the Head,...

Support Farmers To Crash The Price Of Rice, RIDAN Urges FG   The Rice Distributors Association of Nigeria has called on federal government to do more in encouraging rice farmers to go back to farm for the price of the commodity to crash down in the...

Rice Farmers Record Bumper Harvest, Promise To Crash Price   Rice buyers should expect a crash in the commodity’s price to about N9,000 per 50kg bag in three weeks’ time as rice farmers record a bumper harvest. Farmers and millers of rice say they will soon flood...