They also provide important markets for American farmers. In Louisiana and Arkansas, about 50% of the rice produced is exported and as much of 10% of that is part of food aid programs to other ...

TUNDE OYEKOLA examines the unprecedented dry season flooding in three Kwara LGAs, where over 5,000 rice farmers lost more than 3,000 hectares of farmland worth N11.5bn As Nigeria grapples with the ...

Rice farmers in Niger State participating in the Federal Government’s Value Chain Development Programme, VCDP, have reported significant increases in their dry season yields, resulting in ...

Vaiyai Organic Farmers’ Group, which has taken up the work of taking the rice variety to more farmers and consumers, recently conducted an event in Melavalavu to educate farmers on its ...

Ho Ba Phieu, Can Tho’s VND billionaire seed rice farmer. Photo: H.T “I watched my parents cultivate dozens of hectares for years, yet they only earned enough to get by. I wondered - how could I ever ...

Segun Atho is the National Vice President, Rice Farmers Association of Nigeria (RIFAN). In this interview with Charles Okonji, the Lagos-based farmer who went into agriculture due to his inability ...

“These fields are just like they would have been in the 17th or 18th century,” says Chalmers, 60, a fourth-generation rice farmer whose Lowcountry roots stretch back hundreds of years.

Nigeria’s rice production has dropped to its lowest level in four years, as rising costs force farmers to scale back cultivation. Data from the United States Department of Agriculture showed ...

Over ₦2 billion worth of rice investments were lost in a single day after water was reportedly released from Jebba Dam in Niger State, flooding Shonga in Edu Local Government Area of Kwara State.

The measure, which will take effect on Feb 16, is an indication that the government is safeguarding the crucial role of rice farmers. It is notable that this adjustment is the second in two years ...

For instance, the agency said, initiatives like the Rice Competitiveness Enhancement Fund (RCEF) and the National Rice Program (NRP) empowered farmers to shift to modern planting technologies.

Lego has just revealed a collaboration with Netflix and Tomorrow Studio, who brought us the One Piece live action series, and it looks like there might be more to it than just some piratey Lego ...