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  "id": 12681630,
  "title": "Kano’s rice boom signals shift from trading hub to agro-industrial powerhouse",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/07/kanos-rice-boom-signals-shift-from-trading-hub-to-agro-industrial",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-10-07T17:46:05.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "BusinessDay Nigeria",
    "slug": "businessday-nigeria",
    "url": "https://businessday.ng/agriculture/article/kanos-rice-boom-signals-shift-from-trading-hub-to-agro-industrial-powerhouse/"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Kano is beginning to leverage its agricultural base to build a new industrial economy, with expanding investments in rice production read more Kano’s rice boom signals shift from trading hub to agro-industrial powerhouse",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}