Agriculture

Anchor Borrowers Programme : 40,000 rice farmers to benefit in Kano

Ihesiulo Grace 17 February 2020 0

A total of 40, 000 registered farmers under the Rice Farmers Association of Nigeria (RIFAN), in Kano state will benefit from the Anchor Borrowers’ Programme during the 2020 dry season farming. Alhaji Ado Hassan, the state’s  RIFAN Secretary, disclosed this on Monday in Kano. FG collaborates

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Some Nigerians are contaminating local rice with stones-RIFAN

Ihesiulo Grace 12 February 2020 0

The Rice Farmers Association of Nigeria (RIFAN) has raised alarm over the contamination of local rice with stones by fraudulent characters in the sector. The group’s Deputy National President, Mr Segun Atho, raised the alarm in an on Tuesday in Lagos. FG to commence mechanized agriculture in 632 LGs Atho said that in a bid […]

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Ministry, RIFAN collaborate to boost rice production

Ihesiulo Grace 14 December 2019 0

Ministry of Water Resources and Rice Farmers Association of Nigeria (RIFAN), on Friday, signed an MoU for proper utilisation of the irrigation channels of the 12 River Basin Development Authorities (RBDA) to boost rice farming across the country. The President of RIFAN, Mr Aminu Goronyo, told newsmen in Abuja that the Minister of Water Resources, Mr Suleiman Adamu, signed

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Border closure: Rice dealers want loan, count gains

Ihesiulo Grace 28 October 2019 0

Some rice farmers have appealed to the Federal Government to provide them with affordable loan facilities to boost production to reduce the price of the commodity as they described the closure as a welcome development. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the price of a 50kg bag of local rice, which sold for N14,000 […]

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Border closure is to encourage patriotism, not enriching rice farmers – RIFAN

Ihesiulo Grace 22 October 2019 0

Alhaji Aminu Goronyo, the National President, Rice Farmers Association of Nigeria (RIFAN), says the closure of Nigeria’s land borders is not to enrich rice farmers but to encourage patriotism. Goronyo told journalists during an interactive session in Sokoto on Tuesday that the border closure was for the good of the country and the entire citizenry. […]

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How Nigeria’s economy was hampered by over N145bn smuggled rice in 8 months

Ihesiulo Grace 30 August 2019 0

Motolani Oseni Despite efforts by the Federal Government, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and other industry stakeholders, over one million metric tons of rice valued at $400 million (N145 billion) was smuggled into Nigeria since the beginning of 2019. For instance, Rice Farmers Association of Nigeria (RIFAN) on Thursday commended the action being coordinated […]