Accra — The Structural Adjustment Programme, SAP, embarked upon by most African countries in the 1980s, including Nigeria, has been blamed by an official of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, Mr. Rolf Traeger, as one of the major reasons for the current food crisis plaguing some countries in sub-Saharan Africa.
The projected national demand for rice in Nigeria is put at 4.64 million metric tons annually while current rate of consumption is put at 2.3 metric tons. Current local production of the commodity is a meagre 525,000 metric tons per annum.
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