Rice is one of the staple foods in Nigeria, and there is the need to promote its cultivation particularly with the ravaging effects of COVID-19 on farmers.
However, the federal government in partnership with the Japan International Agency, JICA, has distributed rice and other farm inputs to farmers in Oyo State to enhance its production.
Correspondent, Morenike Tony-Esan who was at the National Cereal Research and Institute, MOOR Plantation, venue of the distribution has the details.
Morenike Tony-Esan