Rice
Value Chain (RVC) is a key Commodity Value Chain established by the Federal
Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (FMA&RD) and implemented by
the department to drive the broad objective of food security of
The
main objective of RVC is to ensure the nation’s self-sufficiency in rice
production. In the pursuit of this objective, the following activities were
carried out since the inception of the scheme:
i. Over
six million rice farmers were reached with over 102,000 MT of improved rice
seeds and 650,000 MT of fertilizer.
ii. 7,050
rice farmers from the six geo-political zones were trained on all areas of rice
production, post-harvest handling, and processing.
iii. Yields
rose from 2 MT/Ha to a national average of 4.5 MT/Ha in the dry season and 3.5
MT/Ha in the wet season
iv. Additional
2 million hectares were put under rice cultivation in the country.
v. National
paddy rice production rose by an additional 7 million mt, and the nation
reached 85% sufficiency in rice production.
vi. 24
additional integrated rice mills with parboiling capacity and total combined
milling capacity of 800,000 MT were established by the private sector in
response to the rice revolution.
vii. The
new rice policy put in place to encourage local production and milling
attracted over $2.6 billion of private sector investments.
viii.
Support for rice farmers
with 164 units of 7HP irrigation pumps, 3,100 units of 3 HP irrigation pumps,
74 units of reapers and 74 units of threshers, and
ix. Support
for upgrading of selected small mills with 111 destoners, 74 rapid steam
parboilers, 37 probe moisture meters and 37 bag stitching machines to improve
quality of milled rice from the small scale mills.
xi. Dry
Season Paddy Production Programme (DSPP) recorded an increase in production
with 267,000 hectares cultivated.
xii. Sawah
Eco-technology was established in 10 States, which promoted optimum use of
water in FADAMA and irrigated field through the use of power tiller (Soil
pudding).
xiii.
Fabrication and adaption of
the ATA Thresher-Cleaners which reduced the amount of post-harvest manual labor
and improved paddy quality. Nigerian fabricators
were trained in the fabrication of the ATA thresher-cleaners, in partnership
with the Africa Rice Center. 10 units were successfully fabricated and
distributed to 10 States for demonstration and popularization.
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Paddy Aggregation Centres (PAC)
- 30 (No) Grain Aggregation Centers (GACs) were established to expand access of rice millers to standardized paddy, (cleaning, drying, grading, and bagging paddy into standard 100kg bags).
Improved
Seed Production Research
- Established
a Hybrid Rice Seed Evaluation field in 2 locations (Kano and Kubwa, Abuja). - Hybrid Rice Seed evaluation in the two locations (Kano & Kubwa, Abuja) showed that Grain yield, number of tillers and panicles per plant were generally higher in Kano than in Kubwa for most of the hybrid varieties, suggesting that Kano is more suitable for their heterotic expression due to adequate sunlight and other environmental factors.
FUTURE INTENT:
- Make inputs such as seeds, fertilizers, and agro-chemicals accessible in a timely manner.
- Reduce production costs via mechanization, intensification of
paddy production, use of improved rice varieties, and segmentation of farmers
into groups with easier access to improved technologies, mills, markets and
credit.
- Increase grain quality standards through the use of post-harvest activities and avoidance of mixed seeds.
- Proper regulation of rice importation quota allocation to support domestic rice producers and discourage the dumping of global rice on the local market.
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