Rice (Oryza spp.) is an important source of calories in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA)
The generation of revenue from rice-milling by-products is very low in SSA. Although rice bran is highly nutritive (Saunders and Betschart,1979; Amissah et al., 2003), this by-product is mainly used in SSA only as an ingredient in the production of livestock feed