Nigeria to start exporting rice by December – Agric minister
By CNBC
31 May 2017 |
11:12 am
Nigeria's Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Audu Ogbeh says the country has no business importing rice by the end of the year and would begin exporting in December.
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