What they mean is that with inflow of foreign rice, there's less demand on local rice. But with this situation they highlighted, there's more pressure on local rice, this more demand, leading to higher prices.
However, that is half of the story and the number of rice mill closed down is gross exaggeration.

Some rice producing belts witnessed floods, which affected yeild and thus shortages.

Tofax:
So it is the raw rice from India they mill in Nigeria and brand it locally produced rice.
please someone needs to throw more light on this

Parachoko:
English language is disturbing your life

Is Lai Mohammed part of Buhari Government or not dumbo? Common sense

You need to take a chill pill bro.

MadamExcellency:
Why are Nigerian Youths not interested in farming.

Every of our AI and technology are all about money collection and transfers. Why are there no developments in farming and food technology? Nothing in medical sciences and Electricity generation.

We should concentrate less on singing and dancing to solving our existential problems.

Make Herdsmen kill them for farm Abi? Smh 🤦‍♂️ 😂

So it's Indian rice we have been eating all these while and then they call it local rice?? Nawa oh

Bluntguy:
Always depending on imported goods from foreign countries. Why won't the Naira continue it's free fall against the dollar and other foreign currencies?

nigeria can never have anything

Even India imports fuel


nig has crude oil, but still imports pms

Bluntguy:
Always depending on imported goods from foreign countries. Why won't the Naira continue it's free fall against the dollar and other foreign currencies?

bad government from independence,the breed of Nigerians that will tramsform this nation are yet unborn

MrSinister:


Bros, the largest portion of our non oil export is not Agriculture.

30.2% Are main Agriculture foods, with 36% covering fertilizer and other agro related chemicals yes can tag them under manufactured products but manufactured for what? Cause unless your building bombs all those Agro related products

All the rice farms in Thailand don finish abi

Why has tinubu not allowed land import of rice

Open sw border

MadamExcellency:
Why are Nigerian Youths not interested in farming.

Every of our AI and technology are all about money collection and transfers. Why are there no developments in farming and food technology? Nothing in medical sciences and Electricity generation.

We should concentrate less on singing and dancing to solving our existential problems.

u can start n face Nigeria production wahala

leokid866:
30.2% Are main Agriculture foods, with 36% covering fertilizer and other agro related chemicals yes can tag them under manufactured products but manufactured for what? Cause unless your building bombs all those Agro related products

You really don't have a point

Tofax:
So it is the raw rice from India they mill in Nigeria and brand it locally produced rice.
please someone needs to throw more light on this

No, we are not importing the raw/paddy rice, the stop in importation create a surge in demand which causes an increase in price of paddy here, so the millers can't afford the price of buying paddy rice from the farmers, as farmers are selling to the highest bidder, so the ones that are unable to afford it will shutdown

Botragelad:

Alright, mate, let me explain what this news is saying in a simple way. It's about how India's ban on exporting some types of rice has affected Nigeria and other countries that depend on importing rice from India.

Basically, India decided to stop sending out non-basmati rice, which is a cheaper and more common kind of rice, to keep the prices low in their own country. This means that Nigeria and other West African countries can't get enough rice from India to meet their local demands. Nigeria has been trying to produce more rice locally, but it still needs to import some rice to make up for the gap.

Now, because of the shortage of rice from India, the local rice farmers and millers in Nigeria are also struggling. They can't get enough rice to process and sell, and they have to deal with other problems like border closure, sanctions, and bandits. This has caused many of them to shut down their businesses and lose their income.
As a result of all this, the price of rice in Nigeria has gone up a lot in the past few months.

Now, to answer your question about whether or not it is the raw rice from India they mill in Nigeria and brand locally produced rice, the answer is no. Nigeria imports mainly Indica white rice from India, which is already milled and polished. Nigeria also produces its own local rice, such as Ofada, Abakiliki, and Lake Rice, which are different from the Indian rice in terms of quality and nutrition. The local rice is milled by local millers who add value to the product and create employment. Nigeria does not import raw rice from India and repackage it as local rice. That would be considered dishonest and illegal. That's my little idea!

You really didn't answer his question with the long write up. Why are the mills shutdown because of Indian restriction of export of rice. Already polished rice doesn't need Mills to work.

BoldBrainz:


I was more shocked than embarrassed, my brother.

Lol

Cameroon has local rice that looks and tastes good too but our government still terms it as contraband if brought in.

Government should team up with it's government so their farmers can get to work to deliver enough rice for us while we supply them with what we have including soft drinks, drugs( from reputable pharmaceutical companies), fertilizers produced in Nigeria etc ie comparative advantage relationship with Cameroon.....

What is inside shokoto, we are looking for it in Sokoto.

So you think their farms are safe for them to work? Have you not been hearing of herdsmen/bokoharam entering farms to kill and maim helpless farmers? Some abduct the farmers and place huge amounts before they can be released. It is the wic*ked government that actually failed their people.

Simeonjoe1:
Lazy ass black people.
Nobody want to do the hard work. Make easy money and import the nice stuffs

What happens to backward integration, what happens to cultivating thousands of hecteres of farmlands all over Nigeria.
Or we are waiting for government to help us plant, or better still Dangote farm?

The Indian rice export ban affected us. The absence of Indian rice has led to a shortage of locally grown rice. It is not sufficient to the number of mills and that has caused the price of rice to soar:

is there any sense in this? how can imported rice affect local rice production? buhari economics

Blazebond:
Is it the Nigerian govt that is going to produce crops form you to eat,can't you go into crop production? We have lazy youths who are all running into technology because they feel it is more flashy and pays faster,shame on you and people that think like you.

It seems you are a very hardworking youth

Have you gone into crop production?

What are the crops you are producing?

Are their farms safe for people to go in and farm? With uncountable past news of herdsmen/bokoharam clashing with farmers, then the youths can never have interest in farming. The government needs to fight insecurity and put a complete stop to herdsmen.

MadamExcellency:
Why are Nigerian Youths not interested in farming.

Every of our AI and technology are all about money collection and transfers. Why are there no developments in farming and food technology? Nothing in medical sciences and Electricity generation.

We should concentrate less on singing and dancing to solving our existential problems.

Simeonjoe1:
Lazy ass black people.
Nobody want to do the hard work. Make easy money and import the nice stuffs

What happens to backward integration, what happens to cultivating thousands of hecteres of farmlands all over Nigeria.
Or we are waiting for government to help us plant, or better still Dangote farm?

In all these things you have said, which of them are you doing or have you done?

How many hectares of farmland have you cultivated?

MadamExcellency:
Why are Nigerian Youths not interested in farming.

Every of our AI and technology are all about money collection and transfers. Why are there no developments in farming and food technology? Nothing in medical sciences and Electricity generation.

We should concentrate less on singing and dancing to solving our existential problems.

They are waiting to blame the government for the ban. This is something some Nigerian youths especially those that studied agruc should be happy about but wait and see how they soon start attacking the government.

MadamExcellency:
Why are Nigerian Youths not interested in farming.

Every of our AI and technology are all about money collection and transfers. Why are there no developments in farming and food technology? Nothing in medical sciences and Electricity generation.

We should concentrate less on singing and dancing to solving our existential problems.

Are you involved in farming?

alizma:

They are waiting to blame the government for the ban. This is something some Nigerian youths especially those that studied agruc should be happy about but wait and see how they soon start attacking the government.

Are you involved in farming?

RenaissanceGuy:
A small Ukraine is supplying wheat to the entirety of Africa. S H A M E. Is agriculture rocket science that Nigeria cannot lead the revolution by feeding the whole of Africa and pocketing billions of dollars in return??

To feed ourselves is rocket science let alone the whole Africa.
All we, the youths need is incentives , if government can provide that our problem food shortage is gone forever.

I was asking the same too as the article is confusing .

Tofax:
So it is the raw rice from India they mill in Nigeria and brand it locally produced rice.
please someone needs to throw more light on this

Bluntguy:
Always depending on imported goods from foreign countries. Why won't the Naira continue it's free fall against the dollar and other foreign currencies?

But when the buhari administration closed the border and was stimulating local.production, most Nigerians were screaming that borders should be open. Some even complained that local rice is not as sweet as imported rice.

To head a country is a tough choice.

nawa ooooooooooooo

KEVIND:


https://nairametrics.com/2023/08/30/rice-mills-in-nigeria-closedown-after-indias-ban-on-rice-exports/

Meaning?

We need to resolve insecurity in order to free unusable farmlands ravaged by kidnapping and killings

No security no progress

U basically just rephrased everything in d post

Well in truth the way the farmers put it ar in a layman's way, bcuz a company or firm cnt shut down due to higher demand, itz eida demand equals supplier or one supercedes the other in any case if the supplier is more than the demand it can make a company shut down especially if it's perishable goods even if it's not it could still shut down if that's the only commodity de sell as there is little to no patronage there will be no capital to run the recurrent expenditure and activities of the company

So what can actually make the company shut down if demand is higher than supply is when resources are limited or unavailable/scarce

So the ban in India is having a Rico effect on the Nigerian rice production industry

Why are resources scarces

Banditry
Insecurity
Famine
Flood
Crop infestation
Lastly

Poor governance or government

Botragelad:

Alright, mate, let me explain what this news is saying in a simple way. It's about how India's ban on exporting some types of rice has affected Nigeria and other countries that depend on importing rice from India.

Basically, India decided to stop sending out non-basmati rice, which is a cheaper and more common kind of rice, to keep the prices low in their own country. This means that Nigeria and other West African countries can't get enough rice from India to meet their local demands. Nigeria has been trying to produce more rice locally, but it still needs to import some rice to make up for the gap.

Now, because of the shortage of rice from India, the local rice farmers and millers in Nigeria are also struggling. They can't get enough rice to process and sell, and they have to deal with other problems like border closure, sanctions, and bandits. This has caused many of them to shut down their businesses and lose their income.
As a result of all this, the price of rice in Nigeria has gone up a lot in the past few months.

Now, to answer your question about whether or not it is the raw rice from India they mill in Nigeria and brand locally produced rice, the answer is no. Nigeria imports mainly Indica white rice from India, which is already milled and polished. Nigeria also produces its own local rice, such as Ofada, Abakiliki, and Lake Rice, which are different from the Indian rice in terms of quality and nutrition. The local rice is milled by local millers who add value to the product and create employment. Nigeria does not import raw rice from India and repackage it as local rice. That would be considered dishonest and illegal. That's my little idea!

Tofax:
So it is the raw rice from India they mill in Nigeria and brand it locally produced rice.
please someone needs to throw more light on this

My brother there is many things going on in this country Nigeria that if you get to know you will totally give up. This one is small naa. Do you know the scam they planned to pull with the Dangote refinery that is currently not up to 50% done? not to talk of taking off on production yet was commissioned by a president of the country.
Unfortunately Tinubu’s gafe by carelessly and untimely announcing the end of subsidy gave up and destroyed the whole planned scam. Bro a lot is going on even the military is involved that is why what is currently happening in other African countries is long overdue to happen in Nigeria but the military is accomplice hence their hands and mouth are tied.

Oga Nigeria is gone beyond redemption even 10 of a Peter Obi can not redeem the damage already done to Nigeria by the so democratic leaders.

soccerlite:


nigeria can never have anything

Even India imports fuel


nig has crude oil, but still imports pms

Where does India import fuel from and how much fuel does it import?

India has 23 refineries and one it is the largest refinery in the world. India also exports petrol.

How then does India import fuel?