Nigeria’s rice production gap widens as consumption hits 8.6m tonnes, output stands at 3.3m tonnes

Nigeria's annual rice consumption has risen to 8.6 million metric tonnes, against domestic production of just 3.3 million tonnes, leaving a supply gap of about 5.3 million tonnes, the Director-General of the Nigeria Governors' Forum (NGF), Abdulateef Shittu, has disclosed. The post Nigeria’s rice production gap widens as consumption hits 8.6m tonnes, output stands at 3.3m tonnes appeared first on…