As at the end of December 2021, we have financed 4,489,786 farmers that cultivated 5,300,411  1/3  BIS - Central bankers' speeches  hectares across 21 commodities through 23 Participating Financial Institutions in the 36 States of the Federation and FCT. 6.
We are delighted that these efforts have yielded fruits in not just increasing the availability of rice, but also in moderating prices, reducing imports and increasing job creation in the country. For example, Thailand alone exported 1.3 million metric tons of rice to Nigeria in 2014.