The Kaduna state government, on Saturday, express concern on the reported outbreak of a rice disease, known as Rice Blast, in some parts of the state.

Kaduna Agricultural Development Project (KADP) officials are already expressing fear that the infection, caused by bacteria, would negatively affect the annual projected rice yields.

A KADP official told the News Agency of Nigeria in Kaduna, that the outbreak has been reported in Birnin-Gwari and Maigana farming zones of the state.

The KADP official said that extension service workers have been deployed to the areas, to take samples for laboratory analysis, to ascertain the extent of the outbreak and the total areas affected.

The official also said the outbreak in addition to the flood may likely affect the projected rice yield of the state during the current harvest.


Information about the Rice Blast Disease
Rice blast is a debilitating disease which affects all the rice growing regions of the world, causing loses up to 30% of global rice harvest.

The sympton of the disease include lesion on all parts of the plant, including the leaves, leaf collar and seed.

NAN reports that the affected areas are Birnin-Gwari, Giwa, Kaduna North, Kaduna South, Chikun, Kubau and Kudan local government areas.

Other areas are Zaria, Ikari, Sabon Gari, Mikarfi and Soba local government areas.

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Dis is catastrophic 4 nigeria o...wer we go c ryc chop na:-x

Super1759: the last time I checked, price of garri was high, beans is a big man's food now naa. And now rice don get disease. What's the alternative abeg?

Then we start lizards pepper soup.... Yu know lizards abound all over the country

Atleast, this would affect both the rich and poor... Something must be done about it..But wait oo. every wahala in NORTH now is blast..RICE BLAST...Fear dey fear me ooo

Are they referring to the locally cultivated rice in the north or the long grain rice imported from Thailand/India,they should be specific for us to know what to avoid and what not to.

The decadence in the educational system is beginin to ripple on other sectors of the economy esp. the agric sector..its high time govt look into pertinent issues like extensive fundinq of research nd developmnt in our higher institutions.

I thought the govt was encouraging the masses to go local.

it was Meat poisoning in Enugu few weeks ago now in Kaduna Rice.
Who knows the next state and the disease.

O' Naija 1 day 1 wahala. Now no be bomb blast again, na rice blast, very soon we go get fish & meat blast

Wetin we go chop dis xmas? thank God supergetti dey

Ahaaann..haba... With the way things are going,i will stick to only garr! For one week. Let me see the result..

I wonder how this will affect anyone except the very poor villagers who eat locally produced rice.

In Nigeria today, average and low income families all eat foreign rice.

Abeg Kaduna state Govt, develop another tactics to take collect money from federal govt.. This ain't working!

Hunger don dey knock door o....

Anyway,kunu nd garri dey on ground

Kx: I thought the govt was encouraging the masses to go local.

hmm! All those thinqs are what they say when they want to guy us into scorinq cheap political points.
Talkinq of the local rice. Its so 'local' to my taste. We have a lonq way to go!

[color=#990000][/color] Pls they should do something fast about it before it spread to other states.

Fear not my people...
Abakaliki rice dey.

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The Rice Affected were Christian Rice

Correct me if i'm wrong but i believe 3/4 of rice consumed in 9ja is imported. Na beans & toma-pep we s'pose dey fear make 'blast' no infect.

Kslib: Ahaaann..haba... With the way things are going,i will stick to only garr! For one week. Let me see the result..

ur lyf ll neva remain d same.

Super1759: the last time I checked, price of garri was high, beans is a big man's food now naa. And now rice don get disease. What's the alternative abeg?

Dawa(guinea corn)

the state goverment shld try and do something abt it fast o cos some of us still enjoy d delicacies of local rice (infact still ate it this М̣̣̥̇̊ό̲̣̣̣̥я̩̥̊и̣̣̣̥ȋ̝̊̅̄и̣̣̣̥G̲̣̣̣̥")

uchechuwku:

Then we start lizards pepper soup.... Yu know lizards abound all over the country

Hmmm...i laf in chinesejapanswahili

Rice HIV .... Crazy country!!!

Nigeria own dey always different. Others dey get flu and malaria our own na rice blast. Na here Boko people wan follow?

n0 wonDeR...!