Paddy drying towers
Rice and oil your family already trusts.
Umza Gold, Umza Classic, 3 Tomato Rice and Kings Choice, plus Rice Bran and Soya Bean Oil. Milled and refined in Kano from Nigerian harvests, at a capacity of 200,000 tonnes a year.
- Annual paddy processing capacity
- 200,000 MT
- Milling in Kano since
- 2009
- Outgrower farmers, 2023/24
- 1,034
- Rice & oil brands
- 6
Find your favourite on the shelf.
Four rice brands and two edible oils, made from Nigerian harvests and packed for every household and trade need.
Two businesses, one harvest.
Umza International Farms operates Umza Rice Mill and Umza Oil Mills in Kano, producing packaged rice, Rice Bran Oil and Soya Bean Oil for homes, retailers, distributors and institutions.
Hold it in your hands.
Scoop up a handful and look closely. Long, clean grains, milled and sorted in Kano, with nothing added. This is what goes into every bag that leaves our mill.
- ✓ Dehusked and whitened
- ✓ Graded
- ✓ Optically sorted
- ✓ No added preservatives
Nigerian rice, from our mill to every table.
Every bag starts as paddy from Nigerian farms. We mill up to 200,000 tonnes a year in Kano, and the bran from that same harvest becomes Umza Rice Bran Oil. Move your cursor over the grains.
One harvest. Two product lines.
Paddy comes in from our outgrower farms and leaves as packaged rice, and the bran it sheds on the milling floor goes next door to become Rice Bran Oil.
- 01
Source
Paddy from Nigerian farms
54 farmer groups across 1,433 hectares in Auyo, Jigawa, supported with seed, fertiliser and agrochemical input financing, alongside direct purchase from surrounding communities.
- 02
Mill
Dehusked, whitened, graded
A multi-level milling hall processes up to 200,000 metric tonnes of paddy a year through dehusking, whitening and grading sections.
- 03
Sort
Optically sorted
Optical colour sorters reject discoloured grains before packing, and the rice is packaged without added preservatives.
- 04
Pack
Bagged for homes and trade
Umza Gold, Umza Classic, Kings Choice and 3 Tomato Rice are weighed and sealed in pack sizes for households, retailers, distributors and institutions.
- 05
Refine
Bran becomes oil
Rice bran from the milling floor feeds Umza Oil Mills, where it is refined into Rice Bran Oil alongside Soya Bean Oil. One harvest, two product lines.
Grown by real Nigerian farmers.
In the 2023/24 season, 54 farmer groups with 1,034 members farmed 1,433 hectares in Auyo, Jigawa State, with seeds, fertilisers and agrochemicals provided on input financing and repaid in kind after harvest.
- Farmers
- 1,034
- Hectares
- 1,433
- Recovery rate
- 96.42%
Two decades in the making.
From incorporation in 2004 to an integrated rice and edible-oil business.
Built for scale, run with care.
Rice milling hall
Paddy dryers- Optical sorting
- Packing line
Oil mill
Bring Umza to your table, or your shelf.
For bulk orders, distribution partnerships and institutional supply, tell us what you need and our team will come back to you.