Rice

Nigeria making plans to be self-sufficient in Rice production by 2018. Aiming at achieving self-sufficiency in rice production, the Nigeria government have set up certain strategies of which one is increasing the production capacity of the country to 7 million tonnes by 2018. This report was received during a media briefing in Abuja by the Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed. During the briefing, Mr. Lai said that as at 2015, rice demand in…