The National Programme Manager of Popular Farms and Mills Limited, a division of Stallion Group of Companies in Kano State, Alhaji Suleiman Umar on Friday, declared that the company is targeting the processing of 1.50 million tons of Paddy Rice per annum in Nigeria.
Umar disclosed this Thursday in Kano during the foundation laying ceremony for rice mill expansion and Sesame Processing Unit that company has invested about N8b.
According to him, the company, has an installed milling capacity of 430,000 metric tons per annum, and projected a capacity 44,000 tons.
He added that Popular Farms and Mills is a key stakeholder in the country’s growth, with commercial interest in the food sector, especially rice and other food products.
“Our plan is to spearhead and lead the Nigerian rice revolution and self sufficiency in rice production in the country,” the National Programme Manager said.
According to Umar, “we are achieving this through free technical and business skills training to rice out growers and cooperatives, as well as empowering women and youths in the rice value chain.
According to him, “the company is leveraging on the policy impetus provided by the Federal Government through its green alternative Agricultural Agenda, this has enable us to have upgraded our local rice milling capacity to 430,000 metric tons per annum.”
Umar added that the company is one of the largest automated rice milling unit in the country, with an annual installed milling capacity of 150,000 metric tonnes with a direct contact of 35,000 farmers and 1,000 rice coope“We have been achieving by conducting various interaction and integration services, which has enable us to enter into Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with 1,151 cooperative societies, with 41,435 member farmers have been impacted with technical knowhow in rice farming to over 36,000 out growers in the past three years.
