How border closure transformed local rice industry
…Farmers now planting lowland varieties in upland areas Since President Muhammadu Buhari ordered the closure of borders to control smuggling act
Special Report
Special Report
Farmers now kings in Cross Rivers as hotels, restaurants use ‘local’ rice
Due to the high cost of rice, private entrepreneurs and smallholder rice farmers in Cross River State are now smiling to the bank as demand for “local
Taraba: Nigeria’s un-celebrated rice hub
Taraba has been one of the leading rice producing states in the country, but this was not noticed until after the closure of borders against the impor
We are gradually becoming millionaires – Mallam Baba, Taraba farmer
A medium scale rice farmer in Taraba state, Mallam Hussaini Baba, has revealed that more small and medium scale rice farmers in Taraba State are becom
‘Harvest theft a challenge to rice production’
A big rice farmer in Benue State, Vitalis Tarnongu, has identified finance and harvest theft as the major twin challenges bedeviling his rice farm due