The Federal Government has disclosed that it purchased 58,500 metric tons of milled rice from the Rice Farmers Association of Nigeria (RIFAN) as part of its efforts to stabilise the food items market nationwide. The Minister of Agriculture, Sen. Abubakar Kyari, who made this disclosure during a media chat with journalists in his office in […]
The Rice Farmers Association of Nigeria (RIFAN), has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Tiamin Rice company for processing and sale of rice to local and international markets. The deal was confirmed in a statement issued by the Deputy Managing Director, Tiamin Rice company, Mr Aliyu Ibrahim, on Wednesday in Abuja The rice processing […]
“Godwin Emefiele could be aptly described as the “champion of food security” in Nigeria and a role model in good leadership deserving emulation by youths that share the vision that come what may, the ‘Nigerian project’ must not fail.”
Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mr. Godwin Emefiele, on Tuesday urged rice millers in the country to embrace the apex bank’s backward integration initiatives aimed at conserving the nation’s foreign exchange reserves and creating jobs in the country. The banking industry regulator was quoted in an information posted on the bank’s website […]
President of Rice Farmers Association of Nigeria (RIFAN), Alhaji Aminu Goronyo, on Thursday said that with nine million metric tons of annual rice production, Nigeria is now self-sufficient in rice production with huge potential to export to the international markets. The RIFAN leader made this disclosure in Kaduna when the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) […]
The Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mr. Godwin Emefiele, on Tuesday said the apex bank’s Anchor Borrowers’ Programme (ABP) had restated the need for all stakeholders to sustain current efforts championed by the Bank to galvanize agricultural production towards meeting the food and other agro-based requirements of Nigeria’s growing population. Emefiele gave […]
The Rice Farmers Association of Nigeria (RIFAN) on Wednesday said that 33,974 rice farmers would benefit from the Central Bank of Nigeria’s (CBN’s) Anchors Borrowers loan in Zamfara State. The Chairman of the association Alhaji Isyaku Ajiya-Anka, explained that to-be-beneficiary farmers were identified during the biometric data capturing exercise conducted in the state. According to him, […]