How Nigeria has fared in rice production since 1999

Published 2020년 7월 14일

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Nigeria has emerged as the top rice producer in Africa over the past five years, according to the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), with the country's production reaching about 7 million metric tonnes during Buhari's administration, marking a significant increase compared to previous administrations. This surge in rice production is largely attributed to the implementation of the Anchor Borrowers' Programme (ABP), the ban on foreign exchange for food importation, and the land border closure, which have encouraged local farming and self-sufficiency in rice production. Despite these efforts, the cost of milled rice has escalated due to inflation, as noted by financial analysts. This period also saw Nigeria dethroning Egypt as the continent's leading rice producer, with other countries like Tanzania, Guinea, and Côte d'Ivoire contributing to the continent's rice production landscape.

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Nigeria has produced more rice in the last five years than at any other time since the return of democracy in 1999, data from the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) shows. The FAO data shows that between 2014 and 2019, Nigeria maintained top spot among rice producers in Africa. Between 2014 and 2016, Nigeria’s rice paddy production figures constantly rose from 6.0 to 6.2 and to 7.5 million metric tonnes respectively. In 2017, Nigeria’s production figure fell to 6.61 mmt, but increased in 2018 to 6.81 mmt. Again, in 2019, it dropped to 5.1 mmt. When compared by government administrations in the last two decades, rice paddy production has so far averaged at about 7 mmt under the Buhari administration — the highest. It averaged at 4.1mmt, 5.4mmt and 3.3 mmt during presidencies of Musa Yar’Adua, Goodluck Jonathan and Olusegun Obasanjo respectively. Rice paddy production in Nigeria increased from 325,000 tonnes in 1969 to 5.1 million metric tonnes in 2019, growing ...

Source: PremumTime