BUA Foods assures marketers, consumers of stable rice prices nationwide
By Business A.M. BUA Foods has informed distributors of its rice products that it would maintain prices of its BUA rice brand to
Global rice prices likely to plunge as India awaits massive output
Onome Amuge India, the world’s largest rice exporter and second-highest producer after China, is expected to harvest a record 121.46
NEPC says Cross River has comparative advantage to export cocoa, rice
…as dearth of storage, processing facilities hamper growth The Nigeran Export Promotion Council (NEPC), the leading Federal Government
Border Closure: Traders, consumers lament ripple effects on food items
Omobayo Azeez The closure of land borders ordered two weeks ago by the federal government has exerted unintended consequences on the
Nigerians lament, as food prices soar over Seme border closure
Nigerians are beginning to reel under rising food and commodity prices which have sky rocketed in the last two weeks in the wake of
Nigeria needs 20m metric tonnes of home grown rice production for self sufficiency, says expert
By Kenneth Afor Oluwarotimi Fashola, team head, projects, Elephant Group, has disclosed that about 20 million metric tonnes of home
IFAD advocates new techniques to boost cassava, rice output
The IFAD-assisted Value Chain Development Programme (VCDP) has urged cassava and rice farmers to adopt new farming techniques to boost
Floods may hurt cocoa, favour rice, says Nigeria weather chief
Floods predicted to sweep across most of Nigeria this year may imperil the West African country’s cocoa crop while boosting its rice
Nigeria produced 5.7 million tons of rice in 2016
The total paddy production in Nigeria in 2016 has been estimated at 17,487,562 metric tons, leaving a balance of about 11.4 million