Rice Milling Processing Plant

According to sources from the ministry of agriculture, there are now a total of 13 new integrated rice mills with
parboiling facility and total combined paddy milling capacity of 534,000 metric tons. They came under the
interventions in the rice value chains for paddy rice production. The rice Staple Crop Processing Zone (SCPZ) also
serves as a platform intended for the production of rice.
Wacott rice processing mill is situated in Kebbi/Sokoto Staple Crop Processing Zone (SCPZ). UMZA in Kano and
Ebony mill in Ebonyi have expressed interest in acquiring some of the 10 new mills being facilitated by the Federal
Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development for distribution to rice mills.
At Rukubi village in Doma local government, Nassarawa State, Olam has installed a 60,000MT rice mill to process
harvests from about 3,500 hectares of rice farm. Eko Rice, only recently purchased 56 trailer loads of paddy from
Kebbi, for local processing in Lagos. Other mills, including the Dominion rice mill in Taraba State, are expected to
boost the local supplies of processed rice.