Nigeria – Nigeria’s Rice Boom Raises Output but Old Problems Persist
New technologies, better roads and investors are need to get the rice to a greater point.
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New technologies, better roads and investors are need to get the rice to a greater point.
From the ashes after an imports devastation to be the second mayor rice producer
Dangote appears as an alternative to reduce imports and impulse Nigeria to be rice self-sufficient progressively
Modern technologies could help to decrease rice imports and make the country more self sufficient in the rice industry
The country is in need to be a self-sufficient rice producer.
The local rice has some benefits such as it is more nutritious, filling and tasty.
Goronyo gave the assurance that rice production rate would be doubled in 2017 above the seven million tonnes produced this year.
In order to be self-sufficient in rice cultivation, the government provides irrigation equipment to producers
The cultivation has expanded 600 hectares this year.
The Government’s rice production scheme will stop the massive importation of rice in Nigeria, in the next three years.