Nigeria is trying to revive a crop it has largely neglected for decades. The Federal Government, farmers, state governments and research institutions have launched a 10-year national coffee revival plan aimed at repositioning the country as a competitive producer, processor and exporter, unveiled at the inauguration of the Nigeria Coffee Revival Initiative Steering Committee in Ibadan, according to Punch.
A Coordinated, Multi-State Push
The programme spans 14 coffee-producing states including Ondo, Cross River, Plateau, Ekiti, Oyo, Ogun, Osun, Edo, Abia, Imo, Kogi, Kwara, Taraba and Delta, and addresses the full value chain from farm productivity to export positioning, according to StoneX. The same analysis noted that Nigeria imports millions of dollars of processed coffee each year while exporting only a fraction of that value in raw beans, underlining the lack of domestic processing.
Science, Seedlings and Structure
The Raw Materials Research and Development Council partnered the Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security, the Cocoa Research Institute of Nigeria, the Nigerian Export Promotion Council and a farmers' alliance to inaugurate the steering committee on June 16 at the Cocoa Research Institute in Ibadan, according to Raw Materials 360. The institute's acting head, Dr A.R. Adedeji, said its role would be to supply the science, seedlings and training that make state-level revival possible, as Ghanamma reported, while the Agriculture Minister, Abubakar Kyari, framed the effort as a strategic pillar of economic diversification.
A revived coffee sector would add another export crop and more processing jobs to Nigeria's food economy. FoodPrices Nigeria tracks verified retail prices across Lagos markets and follows the value-chain reforms that shape farmer incomes and food supply.