Rice value chain/Nigeria, Burkina Faso, Ghana and Tanzania - Rice Farmers and Millers to benefit from CARI Initiative Rice value chain/Nigeria, Burkina Faso, Ghana and Tanzania - Rice Farmers and Millers to benefit from CARI Initiative 10/03/2015
Rice value chain/Ghana - A Government Support Strategy Needed for Small Scale Rice Farmers While small farmers play a vital role in the rice value chain, they still lack support to upgrade the quality of their products. A recent report b... 10/03/2015
Rice value chain/ Impact of Ebola outbreak to West African rice farmers The Ebola epidemic continues to disrupt the economies of Sierra Leone, Liberia and Guinea. 10/03/2015
Rice value chain/Nigeria - Private sector invests U.S.$5 billion in fertilizer manufacturing in three years About $5billion has been invested in fertilizer manufacturing during the past 3 years by the private sector in Nigeria says the Nigerian Federal Go... 10/03/2015
Angola sets quotas for imports of the basic basket of goods The government of Angola has set a maximum quota for the import of products included in the basic basket of goods in 2015 at around 2 million tons,... 10/03/2015
Nigeria to benefit from N610 BN rice grant In order to attain self-suffi¬ciency in food production, Nigeria has been selected to benefit from about N610.5 billion (about $3.3 million) grante... 10/03/2015
Guyana looking to develop rice exports to West Africa Press reports indicate that the government of Guyana is seeking to conclude a deal for the delivery of 120,000 tonnes of rice to Ghana over the com... 23/11/2014
Debate intensifies around East African Community rice tariff FAO’s July 2014 Rice Market Monitor reported on improved prospects for rice production in East Africa. Compared to average production from 2009 to... 29/10/2014
Different rice sector policies offer scope for experience sharing in West Africa According to the FAO, the 2013 rice season in West Africa yielded “an all-time high [harvest] of 13.7 million tonnes (8.7 million tonnes, milled ba... 28/10/2014
Trade policy reforms and investments in Nigerian rice sector continue Nigeria’s revised rice sector policy, which offers lower tariffs on imports of rice to companies investing in domestic rice production and processi... 25/10/2014