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NatureNews examines the impact the reopening of the borders has had on rice price and production

By Olamide Francis

In August 2019, almost immediately after signing the African Continental Free Trade Area Agreement (AfCTA), Nigeria unexpectedly closed its borders against its neighbours. Nigeria’s president Mr Muhammadu Buhari said the action was to catalyse an auspicious rebirth of the economy, ensure food self-sufficiency, strengthen the porous borders and prevent smuggling of rice and other products into the most populous black nation.

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