Hajiya Rabi Isah, based in Kano state, told the BBC that if it were not for this type of rice her children would go hungry as she cannot afford the normal kind. "Normal rice is 4,000 naira ($2.70 ...

The hybrid rice is apparently a bit firmer and brittler than regular rice, but packs more protein, Matter journal reports. According to the team at Yonsei University in South Korea, it has 8% more ...