Given the importance of rice as a staple food in Nigeria, boosting its production has been accorded high priority by the government in the past seven years.
The country has been making frantic efforts to ensure that agriculture and allied services play a key role in its quest for economic and rev
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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.
