FG To Construct 10 Integrated Rice Mills

The federal government has disclosed that it has disburses funds for the construction of 10 large-scale integrated rice mills with 320 metric tonnes capacity per day.

Minister of agriculture and natural resources, Mohammed Abubakar revealed this at the fifth edition of the President Muhammadu Buhari administration scorecard 2015-2017 series in Abuja on Monday.

Presenting the ministry’s achievements, Abubakar said the construction of the ten large-scale rice mills was part of the resolve of the administration for the country not only to be self-sufficient in the staple but for export.

He said the location of the mills were Jigawa, Kano, Adamawa, Niger, Kaduna, Gombe, Ekiti, Ogun, Bayelsa and FCT.

Abubakar also disclosed that the Presidential Fertilizer Initiative established in 2016 had led to the increase of fertiliser blending plants in the country from eight to 200.

He added that the annual fertiliser production rose from 300 metric tonnes per annum to over 7 million metric tonnes.

The minister added that the ministry constructed and handed over agribusiness incubation centres for training students in various agricultural value chains.