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Shonga: Rice farmers seek intervention as dry season flood submerges 3,000 hectares
TUNDE OYEKOLA examines the unprecedented dry season flooding in three Kwara LGAs, where over 5,000 rice farmers lost more than 3,000 hectares of farmland worth N11.5bnAs Nigeria grapples with the ...
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The cost of rice is skyrocketing in Nigeria — and farmers are worried people won't be able to afford it for much longer
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 ...
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A.R.N. Foods champions food security in Nigeria as 8TPH rice mill takes shape
According to ReportLinker, Nigeria’s rice consumption data shows a year-on-year percentage growth of 2.16% for 2024, 2.16% for 2025, 1.99% for 2026, 2.08% for 2027, and 1.91% for 2028 ...
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Popular Nigerian foods like jollof rice are getting more expensive — and it's forcing locals to change their diets, and even eat less
LAGOS, Nigeria — On a normal day, Adeniyi Shoremi would eat three square meals. Breakfast for Shoremi — who lives in Lagos, Nigeria — would be bread, eggs, and a chocolate milkshake.
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Govt begins sale of rice to Sokoto civil servants at N40,000 per bag
The Federal Government of Nigeria has commenced the sale of 30,000 metric tonnes of milled rice to Sokoto State civil servants at a subsidised rate of N40,000 per 50kg bag in an effort to mitigate ...
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Meet 'Madam Rice' di Nigerian local rice miller wey her tori dey ginger pipo
Meet 'Madam Rice' wey be local rice miller for Nigeria. Her tori and journey of being a local rice miller dey ginger her and don make her popular for social media. She tok to BBC Pidgin about her ...
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Navy hands over 109 bags of rice to Seme Customs
The Forward Operating Base, FOB of the Nigerian Navy, Akarakumo, Badagry, Lagos on Friday handed over 109 bags of foreign parboiled rice to the Nigeria Customs Service, NCS. Navy Capt. Linus ...