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) […]
Farmers in the country have described the nine per cent interest rate on loans from banks as desirable to improving their productivity and current efforts at boosting agricultural sector contributions to the nation’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP). The apex bank had last Thursday released a new credit Guidelines for Accessing Real Sector Support Facility (RSSF) […]