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    Nepal's rice imports exceed 50 billion rupees in the 2020/21 fiscal year

    • Last Update: 2021-09-10
    • Source: Internet
    • Author: User
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    "Republic" reported on August 30 that Nepal imported 50.
    48 billion rupees of rice in the 2020/21 fiscal year , a year-on-year increase of 51.
    4%
    .
    Nigeria mainly imports rice from India, Japan , China and Thailand
    .
     
    The Nigerian government has always reiterated that the country should be self-sufficient in some agricultural products, including staple foods
    .
    However, the import volume of the main staple food is increasing significantly every year
    .

     
    According to Nigerian agricultural experts, due to the decrease in rice fields, the crop of Nigerian rice crops fell year-on-year
    .
    In the past ten years alone, the country is estimated to have lost 100,000 hectares of rice fields, while the average productivity is only 3.
    8 tons per hectare
    .
    Rapid and unplanned urbanization is eroding rice fields
    .
     
    In addition, farmers are also facing unstable production due to a series of problems such as delayed monsoons, fertilizer shortages, fake seeds and armyworm invasion.
    At the same time, with the improvement of living standards, many people have switched from locally produced rice to Indian fragrant rice.
    Rice, thereby increasing rice imports
    .
    Imported rice Japan China
     
      The Nigerian government has always reiterated that the country should be self-sufficient in some agricultural products, including staple foods
    .
    However, the import volume of the main staple food is increasing significantly every year
    .

     
      According to Nigerian agricultural experts, due to the decrease in rice fields, the crop of Nigerian rice crops fell year-on-year
    .
    In the past ten years alone, the country is estimated to have lost 100,000 hectares of rice fields, while the average productivity is only 3.
    8 tons per hectare
    .
    Rapid and unplanned urbanization is eroding rice fields
    .
     
      In addition, farmers are also facing unstable production due to a series of problems such as delayed monsoons, fertilizer shortages, fake seeds and armyworm invasion.
    At the same time, with the improvement of living standards, many people have switched from locally produced rice to Indian fragrant rice.
    Rice, thereby increasing rice imports
    .
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