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uzoo (f)
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why can't our leaders think with their heads,
federal govt is about to import 80BILLION Yes! 80billion naira or is it dollars worth of rice
from thailand who are already having difficulty providing enough to feed their own country
considering the fact that they and india are the largest exporters of rice.
we have huge acres and acres of land in nigeria especially in the north why can't banks and federal govt
emabark on mechanised farming to feed this country and even export some.
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uzoo (f)
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how sad it wont hurt to invest half of that money in agriculture , and encourage
farmers to emabark on mechanised farming instead of subsistent farming ,
that way food will never be nigeria's problem.
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iice (f)
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Ironic isn't it. We have the lands and weather for it but we choose to import.
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iice (f)
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 Ugwumba
Glad to see you are still around 
Still can't figure out why we can't export lots of things. 
All these tropical fruits and foods that go to Europe come from asia/south america or some other african country.
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4 Him (m)
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Its not the amount of land we have, its whether we have the kind of soil conditions required to grow rice.
If it were a matter of just land then the US and Europe would long have been the largest producers of rice.
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Radiant (f)
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Sad and shameful. Meanwhile Yaradua is more interested in how Bri'ish Airways maltreats Nigerians and how he can raise tariffs on electricity that we don't have.
David, are you saying we don't grow rice in Nigeria?
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iice (f)
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Ugwumba  Indeed somethings never change. Please the power issue is crazy.
I think we have the soil and weather for it. Maybe it's preference over the type of ricebut i like our rice just fine.
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4 Him (m)
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We grow rice in the Bendel area (ofada rice) but they are certainly of poorer quality compared to the Asian rice.
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Ugwumba (m)
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We grow rice in the Bendel area (ofada rice) but they are certainly of poorer quality compared to the Asian rice.
How? san-san dey the rice? Once you acquire a taste for foreign goods (e.g rice), nothing local will ever seem good again. I remember the joy of 'local' rice and 'fowl' , long before Uncle Ben's and agric chicken became a staple. These Asian tigers have grown, by continuously improving on their local products, not through importation. We should borrow a leaf from them and look inwards. |
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Gamine (f)
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So its really true, a bag of rice 15,000 it dosnt seem to have afected the ration we still get in school sha And these people are planning on getting Ofada rice for the Dinner, hmm |
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iice (f)
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Sometimes sef, you get tired of the taste of all these imported stuffs and just want your local food
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ikamefa (f)
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Sometimes sef, you get tired of the taste of all these imported stuffs and just want your local food
" ' oh really?  |
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Ugwumba (m)
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So its really true, a bag of rice 15,000 it dosnt seem to have afected the ration we still get in school sha And these people are planning on getting Ofada rice for the Dinner, hmm How bad can this ofada rice be? E don kill person before? PS - @ika how u dey? |
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Gamine (f)
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People actually like that Ofada rice alot ooo
They gbadun the thing wellu wellu
Me, i don't like it theres something not right
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iice (f)
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Twinny yes ooo. LMAO @ Boulders. But the i miss the taste of it.
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Gamine (f)
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Ok, i now see the effects of this increase As the price increases, the grain decreases i bought N100 plate of rice today and i could count the grains the meat was smaller than a maggi cube  Chai what is happening in this country!!!!! |
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elizabetta (f)
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a bag of rice is about #15,000.nigeria is going down everyday
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lucabrasi (m)
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apart from the global reasons for rice,the nigerian situation is as a result of selfish and wicked leadership,considering we know states that have the potentials to grow enough rice for nigeria like ebonyi,adamawa,and a few others and also a functioning modern rice processing machine from beginning to the last stage is about 300 million,also rice growing and harvesting takes only a couple of months,they are importing rice so they can get their cuts and also supply a bit and divert the rest to private rice sellers for a profit.
the funny thing about the health hazards of imported rice is that,the rice we get in nigeria is at least 2/3 years in storage and we have about 50 smthn varieties of rice which is better than the imported rice if properly processed,at least i appreciate ofada rice than the imported ones and so do other people in nigeria, thnk GOD the senate don't agree with the 80 billion rice thing and the fed government has released 10 bilion to farmers to sort out the problem
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