How Northern Farmers Turn Local Rice into ‘Imported’ Quality

Many of the so-called foreign rice brands on our tables come from local farms in Northern Nigeria. Farmers harvest, de-stone and de-chaff the rice before packaging it in well-known branded bags. Traders from the South buy these grains in bulk, send them through local polishing machines and re-bag them in popular foreign brand packaging. The result is rice that looks and sells like imported varieties. Each 50kg bag sells for around ₦1,000. This practice shows how local production meets demand for higher-grade rice across Nigeria.

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