KENYA – The government of Kenya has set aside US$1.9m for purchase of rice from Farmers in Mwea constituency, Kirinyaga County through the National Cereals and Produce Board. This follows the decision by the government […]
GHANA – The Ghana Commodity Exchange (GCX) is set to list rice to its trading platform by December this year after clearance and certification from the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). After clearance from SEC, […]
NIGERIA – Tiamin Rice Mill Limited has invested a total of US$13.37M to boost its production capacity from the current 320 tonnes to 1,520 tonnes per day in line with the Federal Government’s rice sufficiency […]
NIGERIA – Popular Farms and Mills Limited, a subsidiary of Stallion group has invested over US$70 million to boost production of paddy rice and sesame in Nigeria to enhance economic fortune of the country. The […]
GHANA – The Ghana Commodity Exchange revealed that it has completed feasibility studies into the local rice market ahead of the listing of the commodity on the exchange later this year. The move, which seeks […]
GHANA – The school of Agriculture at the University of Cape Coast in Ghana in collaboration with Queen’s University of the UK has developed a technology that detects substandard rice. The technology seeks to among […]
NIGERIA – Darma Rice Mill Ltd has unveiled plans of investing about US$50 million (N15.2 billion) in setting up a new rice mill with an annual capacity of processing 600,000 tonnes. According to a report […]
NIGERIA – The German government, with support from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, has provided US$2.25 million for the implementation of the second phase of the Competitive African Rice Initiative (CARI) in Nigeria. Mr […]
GHANA – The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research – Savannah Agricultural Research Institute (CSIR-SARI) has unveiled new drought-tolerant seed varieties with an aim of improving food security in Ghana. The research institution has developed […]
KENYA – Kenya’s imports of corn, wheat and rice are expected to increase in the 2019-20 marketing year as local supply of the commodities is projected to decline during the period. This is according to […]
