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Pandemic is good news for Nigerian rice

By DW
02 November 2020   |   12:06 pm
Thousands of businesses across the world have been forced to close as the coronavirus crisis bites. However, there have been some winners. The rice processing women of Kontagora in Nigeria say business is thriving.

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