...To allow paddy rice importation, peg import duty exchange rate
To tackle the food security challenges facing the country, the federal government has said it plans to boost the production of staple crops to 135 million metric tons (MT) in 2024.
The target will see that the output of staple cro
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Josephine Okojie-Okeiyi
Josephine Okojie-Okeiyi is a journalist with over five years’ reporting experience. She writes on industry, agriculture, commodities, climate change, and environmental issues.
She is fellow of Thomson Reuters Foundation and Bloomberg Media Initiative for Africa.
