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Local Rice Production Hits 15m Tonnes

« on: August 16, 2017, 01:01:46 PM »

Local Rice Production Hits 15m Tonnes

Local rice production in Nigeria has now reached 15 million metric tonnes annually, the government has claimed. It said the development means the country will now be saving about N300 billion it used to spend annually on importation of the commodity. The Director of Agriculture at the Kano office of the Federal Ministry of Agriculture, […]
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