Tag: Rice
IFAD grant boost rice, cassava value chains in Niger
Katcha (Niger), Feb. 22, 2026 (NAN) The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) Value Chain Development Programme (VCDP) has recorded remarkable gains in rice...
Palliatives: FG handover 12,367 bags of rice to Sokoto State Govt
The Federal Government has handed over 12,367 bags of rice to the Sokoto state government as part of the palliative measures to cushion the...
Flood: NEDC releases 200,000 bags of rice to North-Eastern states
The North East Development Commission (NEDC), has released 200,000 bags of rice for victims of flood in the North-Eastern states of Borno, Adamawa, Yobe,...
Nitrogen deficiency in soil obstacle to rice production – Expert
Prof. Olalekan Akinbo, of African Union Development Agency (AUDA-NEPAD), has described nitrogen deficiency in soil as one of the main obstacles to rice production...
Steel Minister distributes rice, fertilisers to Kogi residents
The Minister of Steel Development, Mr Shuaibu Abubakar-Audu, on Saturday inaugurated the distribution of 2, 600 bags of 25kg Rice to indigent residents of...
We’re yet to receive FG’s rice, citizens in Kaduna, Kano, Katsina...
Some residents of Kaduna, Kano and Katsina States say they are yet to receive the rice recently donated to the states by the Federal...
Governor’s wife distributes 3,500 bags of rice, cash to vulnerable households in...
The wife of Katsina governor, Hajiya Zulaihat Radda has distributed 3,500 bags of rice, and disbursed N17.5 million to vulnerable households in the state.
The...
Gov’s wife distributes N4m, rice, fertiliser to 400 less privileged
Kebbi Governor’s wife, Hajiya Nafisa Idris, has distributed N4 million, bags of rice and fertiliser to 400 less privileged people in the state.
While distributing...
Edo confirms receiving trucks of FG rice
The Commissioner for Information and Orientation in Edo, Mr Chris Nehikhare, has confirmed that the state received trucks of rice from the Federal Government...
Hunger: FCTA distributes 1000 bags of rice to women groups
The Women Affairs Secretariat of the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA), has distributed 1000 bags (25 kilogrammes) of rice to vulnerable women groups in...
Farmers decry destruction of rice farms by quelea birds in Taraba
Rice farmers in Nahuta – Lalinga community of Karim – Lamido Local Government Area (LGA) of Taraba, have decried the destruction of hectares of...
Navy hands over smuggled rice to Customs in Badagry
The Forward Operating Base, Nigerian Navy, Badagry on Wednesday handed over an unspecified number of bags of foreign rice seized from smugglers to the...
Food inflation: Ministry distributes 58,500 metric tonnes of milled rice
The Minister of Agriculture and Food Security, Sen. Abubakar Kyari, says the ministry has procured and distributed 58,500 metric tonnes of milled rice to...
APC Accuses Osun State Govt of Misappropriating Presidential Rice Donation to...
Osogbo, Osun State, February 17, 2024 - The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Osun State has raised allegations against the ruling Peoples Democratic Party...
Nigeria can be self-sufficient in rice in eight years if …….....
Nigeria can become self-sufficient in rice in eight years if post-harvest losses are reduced to between 30 per cent and 16 per cent.
According to...
Emeka Offor donates 1,200 bags of rice to POWA
Emeka Offor, through his foundation, on Monday donated 1,200 bags of rice to the Police Officers’ Wives Association (POWA) at the POWA Secretariat in...
CBN move to distribute rice in order to crash price
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and the Rice Farmers Association of Nigeria (RIFAN) have stepped up efforts to reduce rice prices in...
