AreaNigeria

Commodity GroupRice

CommodityAll

Date01/08/2011

Policy CategoryProduction

Policy InstrumentProduction target

DescriptionTarget of putting 650 000 hectares under rice cultivation, as part of Agricultural Transformation Action Plan, which aims to raise production of key foodstuffs by 20 million tonnes in four years. Efforts to concentrate on reducing reliance on imports in four years, by raising investment in parboiled rice production.