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A Growing Problem: Nigerian Rice Farmers Fall Short After Borders Close by Blue3k(m): 6:51pm On Jan 23, 2020 |
MAKURDI, Nigeria (Reuters) - Thomas Tyavwva Maji is planting rice on more of his land in Nigeria’s Benue State than ever to take advantage of a surge in prices since the country shut its land borders in August.But he says he cannot go much further. With no machinery or irrigation, limited manual labor and no spare cash for fertilizers, the 45-year-old is not expecting any dramatic change in his fortunes. Source: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-nigeria-economy-rice/a-growing-problem-nigerian-rice-farmers-fall-short-after-borders-close-idUSKBN1ZM109 Front Page: Lalasticlala mynd44 3 Likes 3 Shares
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Re: A Growing Problem: Nigerian Rice Farmers Fall Short After Borders Close by Blue3k(m): 7:09pm On Jan 23, 2020 |
It’s a similar story on many Nigerian farms, leaving the average yield per hectare at just over 2 tonnes - half the global average and a fraction of Egypt’s 9.5 tonnes a hectare, according to U.N. data. The lack of mechanization adversely effects agricultural industry productivity. Nigeria is only half as productive per hectare as India. According to PWC estimates Nigeria could double the productivity. Nigeria can copy India's farm Mechanization policy. In India, custom hiring was a key initiative 1 Like 1 Share
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Re: A Growing Problem: Nigerian Rice Farmers Fall Short After Borders Close by GamalNasser: 7:44pm On Jan 23, 2020 |
I predicted this just like dangotes tomato factory |
Re: A Growing Problem: Nigerian Rice Farmers Fall Short After Borders Close by Blue3k(m): 8:27pm On Jan 23, 2020 |
According to the FAO, less than 1% of Nigeria’s farmland is irrigated, compared with a global average of more than 20%. Wow that's an amazing. Im surprised virtually everyone is dependent on the rain. Im sure the farmers could invest more if they could access capital to improve. Other than that state water boards have to do better at providing water to residents of the state. One good start would be repealing the land use act. Their land would be collateral for loans. Experts say there is little hope of improvement without significant investment in irrigation, mechanization, roads and storage. More than 12% of rice is also wasted due to poor roads and inefficient harvesting, milling and storage, consultants KPMG said in a review of the Nigeria’s rice industry. Dont farmers store their crops in grain silos? A functional commodity exchange would help in that area. The government has to fix the roads. 2 Likes |
Re: A Growing Problem: Nigerian Rice Farmers Fall Short After Borders Close by Racoon(m): 8:41pm On Jan 23, 2020 |
This is what happened after all your lies and propaganda comes back to hunt you.Nigeria is not self sufficient in rice or attain food security(a nation that import more than 70% of our domestic needs), yet the govt in order to score cheap political points hurriedly closed the borders citing economic sabotage, insecurity & God knows what. Now since the closure, cost of food stuffs remains astronomically high(including rice while local brand is no where to be found in our markets & smuggling continue) & the deteriorating widespread insecurity is yet to abate. 2 Likes |
Re: A Growing Problem: Nigerian Rice Farmers Fall Short After Borders Close by Racoon(m): 8:45pm On Jan 23, 2020 |
A Pan-Africa non-governmental organisation (NGO), Feed Africa Advocacy Network (FAAN) has declared that the recent border closure by the federal government which has triggered an astronomical increase in the prices of some food has exposed the reality that Nigeria is far from meeting domestic needs.https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.thisdaylive.com/index.php/2019/10/12/border-closure-exposes-nigerias-deficiency-in-local-rice-production-2/amp/ 1 Like |
Re: A Growing Problem: Nigerian Rice Farmers Fall Short After Borders Close by Blue3k(m): 4:58am On Jan 24, 2020 |
More broadly, experts warned that extreme measures, such as border closures, taken in the name of food security were hurting Nigerians, stunting the development of other industries and holding back foreign investment. FDI has been declining long before the border closure. Im interested why it took such a sharp decline after 2012. The last 5 years are more obvious since they're talked about often. |
Re: A Growing Problem: Nigerian Rice Farmers Fall Short After Borders Close by AroleOduduwa2: 5:19am On Jan 24, 2020 |
I still can’t find a logical reason for the border closure, most Buhari’s policies are anti-people especially southerners. Fulani herdsmen migrate freely with their cow from chad and Niger, but baba Biliki can’t bring tokunbo from Cotonou, Iya Ngozi can’t buy rice from Benin. 1 Like |
Re: A Growing Problem: Nigerian Rice Farmers Fall Short After Borders Close by Magicians: 5:36am On Jan 24, 2020 |
There you go a dull head commenting out of extreme bigotry n foolish. Ask what tribe this clown is n discovered he is from the most bigoted tribe in Nigeria but he would deny that n that is the only reason he refuse to use a monicker with his tribe name. By their hatred, bigotry n cocaine they shall be known. AroleOduduwa2: |
Re: A Growing Problem: Nigerian Rice Farmers Fall Short After Borders Close by ZooOga: 6:17am On Jan 24, 2020 |
More like Growing Pains than Problems. These things take time. And we thank former President Dr. Jona for the original food self security/sufficiency idea.
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Re: A Growing Problem: Nigerian Rice Farmers Fall Short After Borders Close by mrvitalis(m): 6:40am On Jan 24, 2020 |
Where are the idiots that defended this policy and called me names ? |
Re: A Growing Problem: Nigerian Rice Farmers Fall Short After Borders Close by backnbeta(f): 7:24am On Jan 24, 2020 |
A government that bans the importation of the country's staple food without making any provision for it's local supply and sustenance! The problems rice farmers are facing may end up defeating the purpose of the border closure, I hope something is done to help boost local rice production as well as other local crops |
Re: A Growing Problem: Nigerian Rice Farmers Fall Short After Borders Close by Thazard(m): 12:59pm On Jan 24, 2020 |
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Re: A Growing Problem: Nigerian Rice Farmers Fall Short After Borders Close by Blue3k(m): 2:54pm On Jan 24, 2020 |
Garba Shehu, said the measures boosted rice production to 9.2 million tonnes last year from 7.2 million in 2015, making Nigeria more or less self-sufficient Agricultural data specialist Gro Intelligence, however, put Nigeria’s rice output at 4.9 million tonnes in 2019, up 60% from 2013 but well below local consumption of 7 million tonnes. Garba Shehu needs to learn how to moderate hos lies. If Nigeria produced that much rice the country would be an exporter. 1 Like |
Re: A Growing Problem: Nigerian Rice Farmers Fall Short After Borders Close by urahara(m): 7:21pm On Jan 24, 2020 |
Blue3k: Who would even import such expensive rice ? |
Re: A Growing Problem: Nigerian Rice Farmers Fall Short After Borders Close by efighter: 8:39pm On Jan 24, 2020 |
mrvitalis: Were you born this way or you grew up just being stupid? I thought your lord and saviour Goatluck Jonaddaft togethr with the fraud Agric Minister from my State Akinwuni Adesina said they have revolutionalized Agriculture in Nigeria and that we were then growing all the food we need, how come when Buhari closed the border to see all the Agric revolution Goatluck Jonaddaft and Akinwuni Adesina said they did, we then see that we have been deceived all these years. Even Audu Ogbeh that came afte Akinwunmi Adesina continued with the same propaganda as Akinwunmi Adesina, they them (Goatluck Jonaddaft, Akinwuni Adesina, Audu Ogbeh) show us what they did na, |
Re: A Growing Problem: Nigerian Rice Farmers Fall Short After Borders Close by mrvitalis(m): 8:52pm On Jan 24, 2020 |
efighter:Firstly you sound like u know nothing about rice farming Firstly I was a big buhari supporter before I found out he had nothing to offer Jonathan did great things in agro ...which was developing great seeds the faro series ...44, 66 and the rest ...the yeild then was impressive at 6 tons we were targeting 10 tons before buhari came Today faro seeds are no were to be found ...I lost over 2 million last year on rice farm ...so pls shut up of u know nothing about the sector Seeds development is our problem ...if you can't solve that what's the point of closing borders |
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