NIGER STATE GOVERNMENT DEEPENS PARTNERSHIP WITH AFRICARICE TO BOOST RICE PRODUCTION AND CUT DOWN RICE IMPORTATION IN THE COUNTRY.

Following the scientific agricultural partnership signed between the Niger State government and the AfricaRice aimed at transforming rice production capacity in the State, a delegation from the AfricaRice centre was in Minna on a fact-finding visit to assess the level of preparedness of the State to drive the partnership. The…