The starter pack was presented to the beneficiaries during the closing ceremony of the second batch for the NDDC-sponsored training programme for rice farmers.

No fewer than 300 farmers have been trained in theoretical and practical aspects of rice production, processing, and entrepreneurship by the Niger Delta Development Commission.The farmers, according ...

"Nigeria's diverse ecological zones offer unique opportunities for rice cultivation, but national policies often fail to leverage these regional advantages. States like Delta, with abundant ...

Mr. Aliko Dangote explained that the initiative will distribute bags of rice to one million poor and vulnerable Nigerians ...

“We have the capacity to produce the rice that Nigeria needs but we are limited by the ‘Nigerian factor’”. In Delta State, our correspondence spoke to Mr Owhosode Hope, a wholesaler at ...

Watch the full episode here. Nigeria is the No. 1 consumer of rice in all of Africa. And short domestic supply has made prices skyrocket. Farmers are whacking at these giant piles of stalks for ...

Rice traders in the Mekong Delta are selling off their inventories on the streets at losses since export demand and prices are declining. Over the last month Nguyen Thi Lan, a trader based in Tien ...

Mr Oleh argued that Kogi State located in the North-central of Nigeria, hosted five Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) plants, while the Niger Delta, despite being the primary source of crude oil ...

“Nigeria’s diverse ecological zones offer unique opportunities for rice cultivation, but national policies often fail to leverage these regional advantages. States like Delta, with abundant ...