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ed 1.0 Rice production increased by 25% annually 2.0 Income of stakeholders increased by 15%, 25%, 30%, 30% from 2012 to 2015 respectively 3.0 GDP and GNP Increased by 30% annually. 4.0 Total of 73,155Ha irrigation infrastructures rehabilitated and put to use by 2015

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1. Primary data through Household and Market Survey 2. NAERLS APS Report , NCRI Badeggi annual report, CAYS Report NFRA. 3. NBS Household consumption pattern 4. CBN Annual Report and trade summary.

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1.1 Rice productivity increased from 1.5 to 6.5 tons per hectare from 2013 to 2015 1.2 Number of improved rice varieties available in the market and accessed by the farmer between 2013 and 2015 1.3 Demand for domestic rice increased by 0.95 million tons annually. 1.4 Access to credit facilities Increasedby 45% among actors 1.5 Increased number of extension

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support services provided to actors between 2013 and 2015 1.6 Increased infrastructural services 1.7 Consumer preference for domestic rice improved by 50% annually. 1.8 New rice products emerged a 2015 2.1 Purchasing power of actors increased from 2013. 2.2 More than 170,000 jobs created annually 2.3 Reduction in rural-urban migration by 40% annually 3.1 Domestic rice substitute imports by 2015 3.2 Increased linkages among stakeholders through the formation of clusters 3.3 Elimination of rice import by 2015 3.4 Exportation of rice attained by 2015 4.1 More land put into rice production by 2015 4.2 Existing irrigation schemes

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technologies accessed by the stakeholders from 2013. 1.6.1 1.6.2 1.7.1 Decreased importation of rice by 25% annually. 1.7.2 Number of training conducted among stake holders from 2013. 1.8.1 Additional rice usage identified by 2013. 1.8.2 Increased number of schools/government institutions that embark on feeding programme & welfare packages using domestic rice between 2013 and 2015. 1.8.3 Increase in rice by-products usages in industries by 2013. 1.8.4 New rice recipes emerged by 2013. 2.1.1 Increased number of mechanized operations in the rice value chain by 2015. 2.2.1 500,000 new Jobs created in rural areas by 2015 2.3.1 35% of rural infrastructures improved annually. 3.1.1 More cluster groups formed by 2015. 3.1.2 Modern processing plants established in all rice producing areas by 2015. 3.2.1 75% of the cluster groups access improved technology by 2015. 3.2.2 Continued supply of paddy rice to the rice mills from 2012. 4.1.1Intensified cultivation of rain-fed and irrigated lowland rice ecologies by 2015. 4.1.2 Annual increase of 25% of total land area. 4.2.1 25% of irrigation schemes rehabilitated annually.

All things being equal that rice still remain a staple food in Nigeria