Special Report

Special Report

Nigeria may start exporting rice next year – RIFAN

Our plans for 2020/2021 season are already in the pipeline.

Rice production in numbers, 60 years after independence

Rice production has witnessed exponential growth since Nigeria’s independence on October 1, 1960. Unlike groundnut, cocoa, oil palm, etc. that have de

FG can’t reopen borders now – Agric minister

Alhaji Muhammad Sabo Nanono is the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development. In this special interview on rice, he explains why it will not be in

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

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