Tag: RIFAN
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Why price of rice is skyrocketing – Farmers
Rice Farmers Association of Nigeria (RIFAN) has called on the government at all levels to prioritise ending farmer-herder conflicts as well as kidnapping in order to ensure reduction in the price of rice.
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Nigeria to begin rice export to Egypt, as RIFAN, Tiamin sign MoU
The Rice Farmers Association of Nigeria (RIFAN), has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Tiamin Rice company for processing and sale of rice locally and internationally. This is contained in a statement issued by the Deputy Managing Director of Tiamin Rice Company, Mr Aliyu Ibrahim in Abuja. Aliyu said the initiative was aimed at…
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Rice O Compatriots: Dissecting Emefiele’s Rice Pyramids – By Magnus Onyibe
Rice O Compatriots: Dissecting Emefiele’s Rice Pyramids – By Magnus Onyibe
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Senate approves establishment of National Rice Development Council
The Senate has passed a bill seeking to establish the National Rice Development Council. The passage of the bill followed the consideration of a report by the Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development at plenary on Wednesday. Chairman of the Committee, Sen. Abdullahi Adamu (APC- Nasarawa), in his presentation, said that the bill sought to…
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CBN’s ABP boosting farmers capacity – RIFAN
The President of Rice Farmers Association of Nigeria (RIFAN), Aminu Goronyo, has said that the Anchor Borrowers Programme (ABP) of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has increased capacity of Nigerian farmers towards attaining food security. Goronyo said this in an interview with the Newsmen on Wednesday in Abuja. He spoke against the backdrop of…
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Buhari unveils rice pyramids in Abuja, commends CBN for support to farmers
Buhari unveils rice pyramids in Abuja, commends CBN for support to farmers
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Rice pyramids: Price of rice to crash – RIFAN
The Rice Farmers Association of Nigeria (RIFAN) says plans have been concluded to launch the one million bags of rice paddy stacked as pyramids in Abuja on Tuesday. Mr Shehu Muazu, Chairman Pyramid Sub Committee, RIFAN told the Newsmen that the rice pyramids show that local production of food is possible. According to Muazu, immediately…
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Buhari to unveil CBN, RIFAN mega rice pyramids in Abuja
President Muhammadu Buhari will on Tuesday, unveil the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) huge Rice Pyramids in Abuja. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the mega rice pyramids project is a collaboration of the CBN with Rice Farmers Association of Nigeria (RIFAN). Information obtained from the apex bank’s official website stated that the…
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CBN, RIFAN to crash price of rice soon
The National President, Rice Farmers Association, Alhaji Aminu Goronyo, has assured Nigerians that the market prices of locally produced rice will soon crash. Goronyo said in Abuja on Wednesday that the price of a 50kg-bag of locally produced rice would plummet from N18,000 to between N6,500 and N7000 by April 2018. He said that the…