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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 […]
GHANA- The Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MoFA) in Ghana, has partnered the Japanese International Cooperation Agency (JICA), in a move to help rice farmers to scale up the production of quality local rice in […]
USA – RiceBran Technologies, global leader in processed rice bran products has announced that it has completed a private placement valued at US$12 million led by strategic and institutional investors including Continental Grain Company, DG […]
RWANDA – The government of Rwanda through the Ministry of Trade and Industry has reduced rice farm-gate prices down to Rwf270 (US$0.3) for short grain rice and Rwf290 (US$ O.32) for long grain rice per […]
LIBERIA – The world bank has approved a US$25 million International Development Association (IDA) credit set to benefit over 17,500 smallholder farmers through Smallholder Agriculture Transformation and Agribusiness Revitalization Project (STAR-P) of Liberia. The Daily […]
NIGERIA – The Rice Farmers Association of Nigeria (RIFAN) said that the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has approved compensation via loan for over 550,000 rice farmers affected by the 2018 flood disaster, reports the […]
UK – Hain Celestial’s British rice brand Tilda has launched its biggest advertising campaign since it was launched over 45 years ago as part of a US$1.72 million investment. Called Tildalicious, the new TV creative, […]