‘How rice farmers in Taraba maximise rice production’

, soaring high with the emergence of paddy pyramids that have attracted commendation both from the private and public sectors.

Again, production cost at home was, and is still aggravated by the poor power supply, low farmers’ productivity per hectare, post-harvest losses and poor storage facilities. Farmers claimed that though the state government seemed not to have extended needed helping hands to them, the state chapter of RIFAN had been facilitating empowerment for several rice farmers in the state under the Anchor Borrowers’ scheme.

The recent sale inauguration of the paddies to rice processors in the country, he stated, would go a long way in making rice affordable the common man, and would further reduce the pressure of the exchange rate on Nigeria’s currency. Although optimistic that RIFAN Taraba would lead the entire country in rice production, he said lack of tractors for farmers, irrigation facilities, poor inputs to farmers, lack of integrated rice mills to harness all the value chain in rice production, among others, are some of the obstacles hampering rice farming and its value chain development in the state.

If only the government and individuals in the state would key in and support the effort RIFAN, according to him, a high level of poverty in the state would become history.

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