The plan, according to the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Dr. Akinwumi Adesina, is to ensure that the nation is self-sufficient in rice production by constructing additional 100 large scale rice mills in the country.
Adesina added that the large scale rice production will substitute the quantity of imported rice.
The Minister disclosed these weekend during the signing of Tripartite Implementation Agreement between the Ministry of Agriculture, Taraba State Government, and dominion Rice Integrated Farms ltd in Abuja.
He said in six months of his administration, three rice mills with the capacity of producing 90,000 metric tons of rice have being completed.
His words: “While Nigerians smile as they eat imported rice, farmers of rice exporting countries love us because we help to secure their own economies, but let me assure you that under my term, I will not stand for such.
“I am the Minister of Agriculture for Nigeria, and my job is not to promote food imports into Nigeria, but to make Nigeria self-sufficient in producing its own food and export food. My job is to make Nigerian farmers happy, by encouraging local production and processing of food”.
1 comment:
Thumbs Up! I love the spirit. We virtually import all when we have all. Other nations are identifying and maximising their potentials. Its high time we do that. This is the initial and important state of development.
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