Agribusiness
Commercial farming, agri-startups, and food business
Lagos Hosts 3,500 Stakeholders
Lagos State will honour about 3,500 farmers, processors and other value chain players at its 2026 World Food Day celebration, with produce and equipment on …
₦80m Tractors Push Farmers Toward Clusters
A modern tractor now costs about ₦80 million, far beyond any individual Nigerian farmer, stakeholders told a Lagos Chamber of Commerce symposium. Their answer is …
FirstBank Expo Pushes Nigerian Produce Abroad
Farmers, exporters, bankers and five state governors met in Lagos for the fifth FirstBank Agric and Export Expo, which focused on getting Nigerian produce into …
₦61bn in Credit, 100,000 Farmers Later
A long-running agricultural finance project has channelled ₦61 billion in credit to more than 100,000 farmers across 10 states over eight years, and left behind …
Olam Moves Into Nigeria's Cattle Feed
Olam Agri has launched a range of cattle and dairy feed in Nigeria, its first move into ruminant nutrition in a market long dominated by …
Ewedu Grows Into a Cash Crop
The leafy green behind Nigeria's ewedu soup is fast becoming one of the country's most profitable small crops. It matures in weeks, sells year-round, and …
Nigeria Plans a Livestock Hub for Each State
The Federal Government has unveiled a plan for species-specific Livestock Development Centres across Nigeria, built as commercial clusters rather than government farms. Each state would …
A Bank Bets on Farm Exports
FirstBank is convening its fifth Agric and Export Expo in Lagos this September, gathering policymakers, exporters and agribusiness leaders around one goal: turning more Nigerian …
A Poultry Giant Now Makes the Machines
Amo Group, one of Nigeria's biggest poultry and feed companies, has opened a new subsidiary in Ibadan to build the equipment farms rely on. Amo …
Africa Chases a $1 Trillion Food Economy
Africa is being urged to build a $1 trillion food economy by 2030, with Nigeria cast as a linchpin. Beyond farming, its food brands, restaurants, …
Delta Bets on 1,000 Young Farmers
Delta State has begun training 1,000 young people to run commercial agribusinesses, starting with cocoa, coffee, cotton and ginger. The scheme aims to move youths …
Guinea Fowl, Chicken's Neglected Rival
Nigeria keeps an estimated 50 million guinea fowl, a hardy, disease-tolerant bird with leaner, higher-protein meat than chicken. Yet almost all of it is raised …
Quails Lay a Quicker Naira
Small-scale Nigerian farmers are turning to quail, a tiny bird that eats little, resists disease and lays almost daily. With chicken feed costs punishing poultry …
Lagos Vegetables Await A Price Line
Leafy vegetables are absent from the FoodPrices Lagos survey for the week of 14 August 2026. This explainer covers what Lagos farmers and traders told …
Nigeria Takes Its Food Trade to Paris
Flour Mills of Nigeria partnered the French government at the 2026 Paris International Agricultural Show, anchoring a Nigerian pavilion backed by Dangote, BUA and two …
A $12bn Food Merger Reshapes West Africa
Two agribusiness heavyweights, Singapore's Wilmar and Nigeria's TGI Group, are merging their Nigerian and Beninese food operations into a 50:50 venture addressing a market worth …
Saudi Arabia Buys Control of Olam Agri
A Saudi sovereign wealth arm, SALIC, has taken an 80% controlling stake in Olam Agri for $1.88bn, gaining a major player in Nigeria's rice, wheat, …
A Cheap Protein Nigeria Barely Raises
Rabbit meat is lean, cheap to produce and multiplies fast, and experts call it a ready answer to Nigeria's protein shortage. Yet only a tiny …
Palm Wine's Long Road to a Bottle
Palm wine sustains a vast informal economy of tappers and roadside bars across Nigeria, yet it rarely leaves the country. A short shelf life and …
Nigeria Grows Too Few Mushrooms
igeria produces only about 300 tonnes of mushrooms a year against demand of at least 1,200 tonnes, and imports fill much of the gap. With …