Croydon-Based Firm In 25-Year Contract To Grow Rice In Nigeria

Croydon-based Trans4mation Agritech Ltd (T4M) has negotiated an impressive 25-year contract to grow rice in Nigeria, using innovative Vietnamese rice-growing techniques, and is finding joint venture partners with the help of UKTI.

The project will give the UK a share of the worldwide rice industry by adapting 30,000 hectares of land in the Niger Delta for mechanised farming for large-scale commercial rice, cassava and other associated crop production and processing. The project has also been welcomed by the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), as it will contribute to food security, employment creation and sustainable development for all nine Niger Delta States of the Federal Republic of Nigeria