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| Chief Audu Ogbe |
Speaking
during a 2-day AgroNigeria High-Level
Rice Conference in Abuja, the Minister of Agriculture, Chief Audu Ogbeh, stated that the Agricultural Promotion Policy had
helped to improve the volume of production, capacity of farmers as well as
improved the quality and prevented Nigeria from being a dumping site for
imported rice.
The
minister who was represented by director, Agribusiness, Alhaji Musibau Azeez, explained that there were 21 integrated rice
mills in Nigeria currently producing 1. 22 million metric tonnes yearly across
rice-processing states like Kano, Enugu, Kebbi, Nasarawa, Niger, Kogi amongst
others. He added that the federal government was prioritising the fight against
the smuggling of agricultural commodities including rice.
Delivering
a keynote address, the Kebbi State governor, Alhaji Atiku Bagudu, says the price of local rice will soon drop to
N10,000 a bag. He noted that Nigeria had the capacity to tap into the 600-700
MT global rice market as rice is grown in all the states of the federation and
the FCT, adding that stakeholders must cooperate to sustain the growth already
recorded in the sector. http://www.tectono-business.com/2016/02/contemporary-step-by-step-guide-to.html
He
urged the nation to emulate Japan which imposes a 777% tarrif on imported rice as against the current
50% tarrif on imported rice in the country. Earlier, the regional director
Africa, Syngenta, Switzerland, Dr.
Luzius Cavieziel, stated that his organisation had been investing in
different crops across the world. Stating that it was engaged in 26 commercial
operations and six research and development sites.
In a
remark, the group head, commercial services, Notore Chemical Industry, Mr. Tijjani St. James, said to support
the rice self sufficiency agenda, Notore has developed a special rice-specific
variant of Urea called the Urea Super Granules (USG) for rice farming.
“This variant can potentially increase yield by 50% because, by its
nature, it enables the rice plant absorb 40% more nitrogen than the ordinary
urea fertilizer. Notore is expanding its rice seeds production capacity. As
testified by farmers across Kebbi, Sokoto, Zamfara, Kano, Jigawa and Gombe
states, the NOTORE OPV rice seeds have demonstrated to not only be of high
yield quality but that the seeds vigor can ensure high yields in three to four
planting cycles. It is expanding its distribution team to bring its fertilizer
& seeds inputs closer to rural farming communities,” he said.
He
noted that the company target increasing its current 5,350 agricultural
extension staff strength to 6000 by the 2019 will enhance awareness of the USG
fertilizer and increase adoption among rice farmers across the country. http://www.tectono-business.com/2016/02/contemporary-step-by-step-guide-to.html
On his
part, the Managing Director, Nigeria Incentive-Based Risk Sharing System for
Agricultural Lending (NIRSAL), Mr. Aliyu
Abdulhameed, commended AgroNigeria for expanding its scope of coverage to
the whole of Africa and for initiating the Rice Conference. He stated that
NIRSAL had developed production models to boost productivity of farmers. He
added that the agency had facilitated access to N3. 4billion by 57,000 farmers,
90 per cent of them from Kebbi.
The
Ogun State commissioner for Agriculture, Mrs.
Adepeju Adebajo, noted that farmers could only be economically viable if
they formed clusters. She stated that the state government was prioritising the
adoption of agritech such as aquaponics to reduce the cultivation of large
expanse of land. (Leadership)
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