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Agric & Biotech

AfDB supports Nigeria with $134m to cultivate rice, maize, cassava, soyabeans

The African Development Bank (AfDB) is supporting Nigeria in the cultivation of rice, maize, cassava and soyabeans to boost food production. The bank is providing...

Michael Simire - March 3, 2024

Agric & Biotech

Innovative technology pushes Africa towards self-sufficiency in rice

The demand for good quality parboiled rice is high in parts of Africa, from east to west, north to south. As at 2015, rice...

Michael Simire - March 31, 2021

Agric & Biotech

AfDB president predicts Dangote will be largest exporter of rice by 2021

Dr. Akinwumi Adesina, president of the African Development Bank (AfDB), has said that billionaire businessman, Alhaji Aliko Dangote, may become the largest exporter of...

admin - April 17, 2017

Agric & Biotech

Dangote, rice farmers, Sokoto sign rice growers’ scheme agreement

A tripartite agreement spare headed by the Dangote Rice Limited to create jobs for 16,000 outgrower rice farmers in Sokoto State in Northwest Nigeria...

admin - February 15, 2017