Kwara Joins Top Rice Producing States In Nigeria ...produces over 102,000 metric tons of rice paddy during dry and wet season     Kwara State has joined elite states in rice production in Nigeria, with its over 102,000 metric tons output during wet and dry season of this...

CBN Disbursed N300bn Agric Loans In Southern Nigeria – Emefiele       The Governor, Central Bank of Nigeria, Mr Godwin Emefiele, said on Tuesday that over N300bn had been disbursed to companies operating in southern part of Nigeria as part of its interventions in the agricultural sector. Emefiele...

Emefiele Faults Claims of Imbalance in Agric Interventions ...Tasks Stakeholders on Food Security The Governor, Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mr. Godwin Emefiele, has faulted claims in certain quarters suggesting that the Bank’s targeted interventions in the agricultural sector are tilted in favour of a certain...

Large-scale Rice Millers Groan under Paddy Scarcity, by Salisu Na'inna Dambatta Nigeria's drive toward self-sufficiency in rice production as part of a multifaceted programme to deepen our national food security as enunciated by the administation led by President Muhammadu Buhari seem to be  under threat...

Finally, Nigeria, Benin Republic Enter Agreement To End Rice Importation       The federal government and the Republic of Benin have entered an agreement to end the importation of rice across West African countries. This agreement was announced at the end of a meeting between a delegation from...

Renewed Smuggling Threatens N3.4tr Rice Investment in the Processing Sub-sector- RIPAN …13m jobs may be lost     The renewed foreign rice smuggling into the Country is threatening the N3.4 trillion investments in rice processing sub-sector of the economy, the Director General of the Rice Processors Association of...