CBN distributes N820m worth of inputs to Ekiti rice farmers

Rice farmers call for creation of cottage industries

Rice Farmers Association of Nigeria (RIFAN) has called for the establishment of cottage industries to boost local rice production in the country.

Not less than 3,102 rice farmers have received farm inputs worth over N820 million in Ekiti State under the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN)/ Rice Farmers Association of Nigeria (RIFAN) Anchor Borrowers Programme. Bode Adetoyi, the State commissioner for Agriculture and Food Security, who made this

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