Nasiru Yusuf
Bayero University, Kano (BUK) has commenced production of parboiled rice to meet the demand of both the university community as well as the general public.
Kano Focus reports that the federal government’s ban on rice importation and subsequent closure of land borders have triggered installations of numerous rice mills across the country, hence boosting massive production of home-grown rice.
In an exclusive interview with Kano Focus, head of Agricultural Economics and Extension at BUK, Ali Abdullahi said the university’s rice mill has a capacity of processing one ton of paddy per day.
He said recently, they had produced 500 bags of rice in three days for a local contractor.
Mr Abdullahi added that by January, 2020 the rice would be available at the open markets, as the current production rate has surpassed the consumption level of the university community.
According to him, the department has trained hundreds of youths from Kano and Kogi states on rice value chain.
This initiative, he said, may likely end the gap between ‘gown and town’ where academic research and project were being kept in university to the detriment of larger society.
Bayero University’s department of Agricultural Economics and Extension is among the first three Pioneer departments at the Faculty of Agriculture which was established in August ,2001.
The department teaches courses and carries out research work in agricultural economics and extension especially as it relates to sustainable and profitable Agriculture in the Sudano-Sahelian ecological region.


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This is how it should be the universities should solve the problems of the society not arguing over IPPIS .

Good response from a university to solve a economic problem.

Nice from buk, one of the best universities in Nigeria.

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This is how it should be the universities should solve the problems of the society not arguing over IPPIS .

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This is how it should be the universities should solve the problems of the society not arguing over IPPIS .

And not arguing whether ABU is better than BUK.

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BUK the greatest University in Nigeria.
This is another great fit achieved by the great University. In 2017, a team of medical students represening the school (BUK) became the best in Nigeria. The university has successfully conducted 48 polycystic renal transplant. Highest in Nigeria only folloWed by OAU; 14
An artificial pacemaker cell was implanted to a 81 yr old man who experienced arrhythmic heart in the state. He survived. Many many developments but they don't make noise...