{"id":776586,"date":"2020-01-04T19:20:39","date_gmt":"2020-01-04T19:20:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2020\/01\/04\/nigeria-now-the-highest-producer-of-rice-in-africa-bashir-ahmad\/"},"modified":"2020-01-04T19:20:39","modified_gmt":"2020-01-04T19:20:39","slug":"nigeria-now-the-highest-producer-of-rice-in-africa-bashir-ahmad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/01\/04\/nigeria-now-the-highest-producer-of-rice-in-africa-bashir-ahmad\/","title":{"rendered":"Nigeria Now The Highest Producer Of Rice In Africa: Bashir Ahmad"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Bashir Ahmad, the personal assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari on New media took to his twitter page to report that Nigeria has become the largest producer in Africa.<\/p>\n

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According to the report, Nigeria has overtaken Egypt as the largest rice producer in Africa.<\/p>\n

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According to reports, Nigeria now produces 8 million tonnes out of the Africa average of 14.6 million tonnes of rice annually. Egypt used to produce 4.3 tonnes annually but suffered a decline of almost 40 percent in the last one year.<\/p>\n

See his post below:<\/p>\n

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ICYDK: Nigeria has overtaken Egypt as the largest rice producer in Africa, produces 8 million tonnes (as of March, 2019) out of the Africa average of 14.6 million tonnes of rice annually. https:\/\/t.co\/MBMtQCmVoP<\/p>\n

\u2014 Bashir Ahmad (@BashirAhmaad) January 4, 2020<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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