Nigeria investing $85-million to boost local rice production
The Nigerian Government is to establish a US $85-million-dollar rice fund to boost production of this staple food by more than a million tons. This was announced by the Minister of State for Agriculture, Ademola Seriki, on behalf of Vice-President Goodluck Jonathan at the opening of the Rice Investment Forum in Abuja on 24 November 2008. The forum was organised by the NEPAD Business Group Nigeria and the Nigeria Economic Summit Group.
The Minister said that rice farmers would be empowered and organised to access credit (...)

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