Climate Adaptation
Floods Washed Away More Than 25% of Nigeria’s Rice Harvest
- Two million tons lost in Kebbi as rivers break banks
- Nigeria is the world’s second-largest importer of the grain
Flooded farmlands in Kebbi State, Nigeria.
Source: NEMA
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Floods washed away at least two million tons of rice in Nigeria, the second-largest importer of the grain. That is more than 25% of the previously projected national output of 8 million tons, according to estimates by a farmers’ organization.