In the agricultural sector, this is harvest season, but as the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has projected over the years, Nigeria, on the average, loses $9 billion (about N3.5 trillion) annually to post-harvest waste. This waste is almost a quarter of the country’s annual budget. Some of the grains, vegetables, tubers and fruits being […]
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By Olayinka Olawale
Lagos, Dec. 28, 2020 Mr Segun Atho, Deputy National President, Rice Farmers Association of Nigeria (RIFAN), says rice farmers in Lagos can grow the crop all year round to meet demand.
Atho told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos that the state had the capacity to feed itself in the area of rice production, if fully harnessed, including cultivating the crop all-year round.
” We have underground water, lagoon water, swamp water and rain water. All this is to our advantage in Lagos and it means that we can grow rice all year round, without ceasing. We pray that government will see it from that perspective and provide more support for us.
A worker displays a handful of rice at a market. REUTERS/JIANAN YU
Some residents of Jos have decried the recent hike in price of local rice in the area, describing the development as worrisome, especially with the Christmas and New Year festivities fast approaching.
One of them, Mrs Mary Edith, a trader, told News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that in 2019 she bought a 50kg bag of stone-free local rice for N13,000, but that the same brand was now selling for N28,000.
“You will agree with me that this increase is outrageous and unfair for an average Nigerian whose salary is about N30,000.
A worker displays a handful of rice at a market. REUTERS/JIANAN YU
Some residents of Jos have decried the recent hike in price of local rice in the area, describing the development as worrisome, especially with the Christmas and New Year festivities fast approaching.
One of them, Mrs Mary Edith, a trader, told News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that in 2019 she bought a 50kg bag of stone-free local rice for N13,000, but that the same brand was now selling for N28,000.
“You will agree with me that this increase is outrageous and unfair for an average Nigerian whose salary is about N30,000.