Location (States):
Osun, Ogun, Kaduna, Niger, Plateau, Benue,
Anambra, Imo, Kwara, Kogi.

Annual Production (Metric Tonnes):     
3,841,000  fro year 2000

Industrial uses:
Flour production baby food production.

Process Technology/Equipment:
Flour Production
Harvesting, threshing, drying, winnowing, parboiling, drying, milling and bagging.

Equipment
Threshers, dryers, boiler, milling machine, baggers.

Alcohol production
Seed cleaning, milling, boiling, fermenting, distilling, and bottling.

Equipment
Cleaners, mills, fermentors, distillating unit.

Status/Prospects:
There has been massive importation of rice into the country largely from South East Asia.  It constitutes the main staple crop in the diet of Nigerian.  It's  industrial potential has not been fully tapped in Nigeria.

R&D Activities:  Not available