Showing posts with label Nigeria rice production. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Nigeria rice production. Show all posts

Tuesday, 18 November 2014

Nigeria’s agriculture records $1.6bn investments in two years via rice production

The Nigerian agricultural sector has witnessed increased tempo of both domestic and foreign investments amounting to $1.6 billion in the past two and half years, Akinwunmi Adesina, minister of agriculture and rural development, has said.
This is as a result of the proactive and strategic reforms being undertaken to upscale the country’s rice value chain through the Growth Enhancement Scheme (GES) of the Federal Government’s agricultural transformation agenda (ATA).
Adesina made the disclosure on Monday while