Rice
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Kenya seeks Indian investors to expand rice production
Kenya is exploring an Indian agricultural investment model to turn the Bura Irrigation Scheme in Tana River County into a major rice production hub, with a proposed 35,000-acre development projected to produce 78,750 metric tonnes of rice per production cycle.
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Burkina Faso commissions 100-tpd rice milling facility
It covers paddy cleaning, husking, whitening, polishing, optical sorting, grain calibration and packaging of white rice.
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Nigeria expects lower wheat, rice, corn production in 2026/27 as costs bites
The expected declines could increase pressure on grain supply chains serving the country’s food manufacturing, milling and livestock feed industries.
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Ethiopia secures US$2.3M Japan grant to mechanize rice sector
Ethiopia imports about 80% of the rice it consumes, while the government aims to reach 1.93 million tonnes of paddy rice output by 2030.
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BOAD approves US$78M targeting 100,000 tons of extra rice production
The program also aims to reduce Togo’s dependence on rice imports, with domestic milled rice production covering only about half of national demand in 2023.