Local Rice Market in Nigeria
“Nigerian rice productions” is approximately 2.5 million hectares of land, according to some sources, this land mass is just nearly that of Brazil which is about 2.9 million hectares of land. Brazil is still counted as one of the biggest Rice producers in the world. In fact, according to some sources, Brazil is the tenth largest producer of rice in the world. The "local market for rice in Nigeria" over the years has gained massive improvement. Almost every restaurants, events serve rice in some kind or as a form of food either at home or at work places.When rice are processed, the by products are serve as feed for cattle and some other livestock and it is also relatively easy to produce. These factors also combined with others such as financial and economic, contribute to making rice one of the most soughed food items in the Nigerian market. Nigerian home grown rice is certainly more appealing and enjoyable to most Nigerians, according to reports than the imported rice. This along with the earlier stated points contribute to the boost that local rice production has experienced.
The processing of rice in Nigeria has increased all over the country in recent time. Most of these mills are operated locally and managed. Prior to the mechanization of this process, the production of rice suffered considerably. The production suffered mostly due to manual labour and poor end product. Some of the rice processing companies in Nigeria includes; "Abadini Rice" "Lake rice", Jargaban rice and Crystal rice.
In order to improve youth involvement in agricultural production Nigeria, attention should be given to the factors leading to youth migration to urban areas. In addition, the economic constraints facing youth in agriculture such as lack of credit, weak profitability, capacity constraint, etc, which should be examined.
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