Rice: Produce floods Katsina markets as farmers begin harvest
- Markets in Katsina are being flooded with rice as farmers begin massive harvest of the produce
- Price of rice in Katsina markets has reduced due to the massive harvest by farmers in the state
- According to a farmer, Alhaji Umar Osman, the low market price of rice compared to last year’s is nothing to worry about
- Oman says the price will not affect the revenue of the farmers
As farmers in Katsina begin massive harvest of rice, the produce is currently flooding markets around the state, a development that has made the price of rice to reduce.
A large-scale farmer identified as Alhaji Umar Osman said that the low market price of rice compared to last year’s is nothing to worry about.
According to him, the price will not affect the revenue of the farmers, Daily Trust reports.
Legit.ng notes that Osman said: “The volume of rice produced this year in this state will be higher than that of last year. From Danmusa down to Sabuwa LGA everywhere are rice farms and God so kind blessed us with adequate rainfall this year.
“Because of its massive production, what you just saw in the markets is the beginning of rice harvest in the state.”
Speaking about the price, Muhammadu Ashiru, a paddy rice dealer at Dandume market, said: “Last year by now, a bag of paddy rice was sold for N8,000 to N10,000 depending on variety.
"But now the price starts from N5,000 to N8,000. ‘Farar Jar Naira’ variety was sold at N8,000; ‘Jeap’ variety was sold at N6,000, while the rest were sold at not less than N5,000. The prices notwithstanding do not badly affect the farmers as they are recording bumper harvest.”
Meanwhile, Legit.ng previously reported that President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday, August 28, explained the reason for the partial closure of Nigeria’s border with Benin Republic.
The president said the closure was based on the fact that there were massive smuggling activities, especially of rice, happening at the border.
Buhari made this known during his side meeting with the president of Benin, Patrice Talon, at the Seventh Tokyo International Conference for African Development (TICAD7) in Japan.
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The president expressed great grief over the fact that rice smuggling threatens his administration's agricultural policies which have tried to ensure self-sufficiency.
He said: “Now that our people in the rural areas are going back to their farms, and the country has saved huge sums of money which would otherwise have been expended on importing rice using our scarce foreign reserves, we cannot allow smuggling of the product at such alarming proportions to continue.”
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