Rice consumption in Nigeria is over 20 million metric tons per annum. Imported rice constitutes about 85 percent of the consumption level. The amount of foreign exchange spent on rice importation in Nigeria is in millions of dollars, on annual basis. Encouraging local production will save the countr
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