Tag: Rice Farm
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Delta rice farmer loses over N70 million rice farm to flood
The Managing Director of Merrybell Rice Farm, Mr Felix Okonti has lost 50 hectares (about 250 metric tonnes of rice) farm to flood, disclosing that his total loss was about N72 million.
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Gov. Zulum says Borno cultivated 30,000 hectares of rice farm
Gov. Babagana Zulum of Borno has disclosed that through the mega farm programme initiated by his administration to transform agriculture, Borno has cultivated over 30,000 hectares of rice farms across resettled communities in the state. he stated this during a visit by Kebbi governor, Abubakar Bagudu, to one of the rice plantations, on Wednesday in…
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Panic in Benue as herdsmen set Ortom’s rice farm ablaze
Suspected herdsmen have set ablaze the over 20,000 hectares of rice farm belonging to Benue State Governor Samuel Ortom. TNG reports that the rice farm is located in Tse-Adorogo, Mbabeagh, Nzorov, Guma Local Government Area of the state. According to a report by The Nation, the governor said he had not harvested his rice farm,…