Ghana: Africa to Become Net Exporter of Rice As Ghana, Others Double Output

5 September 2009

Accra — Africa has awakened to its rice production potentials, and may become a net exporter of the product, if she sustained her level of output and put more arable lands under cultivation, according to the Africa Rice Center.

Ghana and other rice-producing countries such as Mali, Benin, Ivory Coast, Uganda and Nigeria recorded double-digit growths within the last year.

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