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Shifting cultivation trends fuel Vietnam’s record high rice imports

Despite being the world’s third-largest rice exporter, Vietnam has spent nearly US$1 billion on rice imports in the first nine months of 2024. The increase in rice imports is driven by a shift in rice cultivation trends. According to the General Department of Customs, Việt Nam’s rice import turnover reached US$117 million in September, marking […]

Food security: FG, IFAD excited as Nasarawa farmer scales up rice production

By Collins Agwam The Federal Government of Nigeria and the International Fund for Agricultural Development have commended a beneficiary of its Value Chain Development Programme in Nasarawa State for successfully cultivating rice on 54 hectares of land in line with its agenda to ensure food security in the country. The Nasarawa state Programme Coordinator of […]