Mr Ernest Aubee, Principal Program Officer and ECOWAS Head of Agriculture Division, made the revelation in a meeting with our columnists in Abuja on Monday.
Aubee said that the program had been intended to upgrade rice creation in all part states
''The program will fundamentally take a gander at how the locale can expand its creation in order to address utilization issues and diminish import.
''It will likewise make openings for work for our own particular ranchers particularly adolescents and ladies.
''It will likewise enhance the esteem chain with the goal that it could be of high caliber and nutritiously reasonable for us as ECOWAS natives to expend.''
He said that rice has turned into a profoundly vital item in West Africa and is the biggest wellspring of nourishment calories on the African landmass.
''ECOWAS nations imported around nine million tons of processed rice in 2014, speaking to a cost of 4 billion Euros.
''To keep away from dangers of common distress and the situations of expanded worldwide nourishment costs, there is a pressing need to build rice creation, preparing, esteem expansion, and showcasing in West Africa to accomplish independence.
''Presently, the district relies upon imports from Asia to satisfy about portion of its utilization needs.
"ECOWAS has started a territorial hostile to achieve rice independence by 2025.''
The provincial hostile for maintained recuperation of rice generation in West Africa Program was endorsed by the ECOWAS Council of Ministers in June 2014.
Aubee said that this hostile was gone for decreasing imports to zero level by 2025.
He said the joint collective soul went for supporting the rice hostile would empower rice generation in the sub-area.
''It will likewise support a provincial open private association which makes independence in rice and financial flourishing a reality in West Africa.
''The reality book is a preparation record on enter rice parameters in the ECOWAS district, openings and business cases went for pulling in grapple financial specialists.''
He included that the commission has been in organization with CARI in four nations: Nigeria, Ghana, Burkina Faso and Tanzania to advance rice creation in Africa.
''We are individual from controlling board of trustees for CARI for the entire of Africa and furthermore an extremely dynamic part in Nigeria Rice Advocacy Platform, supporting rice development in all rice generation states.''
He said CARI Phase I has been effective in the four nations in the endeavors to make Africa independent in rice.
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