Through the CBN’s engagement with the Rice Farmers Association (RIFAN) and prime anchors, he emphasized the necessity for rice millers in Nigeria to get involved in paddy cultivation in order to provide a sustainable supply of paddy to their mills and to supplement the supply from smallholder farmers. He noted that the number of rice mills in Nigeria had increased from less than ten, with a combined capacity of less than 350,000 metric tons, prior to the launch of the Anchor Borrowers’ Programme (ABP) in 2015, to over 60 integrated rice mills, with a combined capacity of about 3 million metric…