Rice farming and production
No one eats potential. We grow rice.
Rice is Nigeria's most important staple and the most labour-intensive cash crop on its value chain. We are turning the Niger Delta's floods and swamps into a food and jobs engine.
Nigeria imports more than half the rice it eats.
Produced locally
2.21M t
Deficit bridged by imports
2.79M t
Estimated annual demand
5M t
- US$695 million
- Spent on rice imports in 2006 alone
- 18 million
- Jobs the rice sector could provide
- 200 million+
- Nigerians forming a ready local market
From seedling to sack.
01Mechanised planting
Seedlings are transplanted with agro-robots for speed and uniform spacing.
02Drone crop protection
Drones apply pest control precisely across large paddies.
03Growth to dough-ripe
Transplanted rice is managed through to the dough-ripe phase.
04200 TPD paddy dryers
State-of-the-art dryers bring harvested paddy to safe moisture levels.
055,000 tonne silos
Paddy drying silos protect grain quality between harvest and milling.
0650 TPD parboiling mills
State-of-the-art parboiled rice milling plants process paddy into finished rice.
07Packaging
Finished rice is graded, bagged and prepared for local and export markets.
10,000 ha
A rice value chain development initiative with government agencies.
Government cannot do it alone. Our partnership initiative is designed as a win-win for every stakeholder and, by extension, society.
- Increase local rice production to reduce import dependency
- Create employment and livelihood opportunities for Niger Deltans
- Promote mechanised and climate-resilient agriculture
- Develop infrastructure such as irrigation and access roads
- Procure, install and maintain a state-of-the-art rice processing value chain
- Enhance food security and economic development in the region
- Keep Nigeria food secure, even in times of national emergency
“The more we pull people out of poverty, the more we reduce criminality.”
Gainful employment for youths and women in the Niger Delta is the surest path to peace, growth and food security.
Invest in Nigeria's food security.
Partner with us on the 10,000 hectare rice value chain initiative.