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Ban On Rice Importation Hasty – Guana Farms

The Chief Executive Officer of Raymos Guana Farms, Mr Raymos Guana, says the decision of the Federal Government to ban rice importation is too hasty. Guana, a former Commissioner for Lands in Delta, made the disclosure in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Asaba on Thursday. According to him, the quantity […]

‘It Is Possible To Stop Rice Importation But Not In 2017’

A rice breeder and a professor of Plant Breeding in the College of Plant Science and Crop Production of the Federal University of Agriculture Abeokuta (FUNAAB), Professor Francis Showemimo, has said that it is possible to stop rice importation to Nigeria but not in 2017. He said he supported the Federal Government initiative to stop […]

Rice Smuggling Thrives In Spite Of Ban

The smuggling of rice through the land borders has  continued to thrive in Badagry area of Lagos State in spite of the Federal Government’s  ban on the practice. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that markets along Badagry Expressway close to Seme border, are stocked with various varieties of smuggled rice, especially as the […]

SON Destroys Fake Products Worth N500m

In order to free the Nigerian market from substandard products, the Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON) has destroyed substandard goods valued at over N500 million. Its Director General, Osita Aboloma, says the goods did not meet the required production standards. At the dump site in Lagos, Aboloma said the action was to serve as a […]

Customs Intercepts Container Of Jollof Rice, Yam Porridge, Egusi, From India

The Tin-Can Island Command of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has intercepted a 20ft container of “READY TO EAT FOODS’’ like Egusi Soup, Jollof Rice, Ogbono, Yam Porridge imported from India. The Customs Area Controller, Comptroller Bashar Yusuf, disclosed this in a statement made available to newsmen on Monday in Lagos by the Public Relations […]

Dizengoff Farms Laments High Import Duty On Equipment

The Country Manager of Dizengoff Nigeria, Antti Ritvonen, has called on the government to review the import duty on some agricultural equipment especially the greenhouse equipment which is one of the trending agricultural technologies in the world. Ritvonen said greenhouse agricultural technology can help the country achieve its planned food sustainability and further create jobs […]