Agriculture
Farming, harvest, production, and supply chain
Nigeria's Rabbit Meat Waits for Takers
Rabbit meat is cheap to produce, high in protein and low in fat, yet only a small slice of Nigerians raise or eat it. Experts …
Nigeria Plants a Wall Against the Desert
Nigeria loses about 35,000 hectares of farmland to the advancing desert each year. Its answer is the Great Green Wall, a belt of trees and …
Nigeria and the Dutch Target a Vegetable Gap
Nigeria cannot grow enough vegetables to meet its own demand, and the Netherlands is stepping in with seeds, greenhouse know-how and investors. From a Lagos …
The South East Bets Capital on Farm Startups
A regional commission is putting money behind young agribusinesses. The South East Development Commission has backed 25 startups under a $50 million venture capital programme, …
Nigeria's Palm Wine Skips the Bottle
Palm wine sells briskly across southern Nigeria, yet it still moves by keg and roadside gourd, spoiling within hours. With demand far above supply and …
Nigeria Keeps the Cashew Nut, Dumps the Fruit
Nigeria is a top cashew producer, but it ships the nuts abroad raw and throws away the fruit they hang from. Up to 95% of …
India Wants the Pigeon Pea Nigeria Ignores
Pigeon pea is a hardy, protein-rich legume that thrives on poor soil and feeds families through the lean season. India craves it as dhal, yet …
Nigeria Snacks on Agbalumo, Skips the Profit
Every dry season, agbalumo floods Nigerian markets, gets sucked sweet and spat out, then vanishes by April. The African star apple is rich in vitamins …
Soursop's Buzz Outpaces Its Farms
Health-conscious Nigerians are chasing soursop for its vitamins and folk medicine claims, driving prices up and stripping the fruit from markets. Yet almost no one …
Pepper Carries No Lagos Figure Yet
Pepper is absent from the FoodPrices product catalogue, so the Lagos survey returned no figure for it in the week of 14 August 2026. This …
Flooding Reshapes Lagos Leafy Vegetable Supply
Leafy vegetables are not in the FoodPrices Lagos survey this week, so this piece carries no price. It explains why the 2026 rains inverted the …
FEC Bets $900m on Food Value Chains
The Federal Executive Council has approved about $900 million in financing for agriculture, channelling money into rural training, agro-processing zones and value chains. Officials say …
Cashew Farmers Push Back on an Export Ban
Nigeria's cashew growers have rejected a proposed ban on exporting raw cashew nuts, warning it would slash incomes and put more than five million livelihoods …
A Virus Creeps Toward Nigeria's Cassava
Two devastating cassava viruses that can wipe out entire fields are edging toward Nigeria, the world's largest producer. Researchers and farmer groups are pushing cross-border …
A Contract Locks In Jigawa's Sesame
More than 10,000 sesame farmers in Jigawa are getting seed, inputs and single-digit loans they repay with grain after harvest, under a renewed WACOT and …
Washington Eyes Nigeria's Livestock
The United States has opened a fresh push to deepen agricultural trade with Nigeria, sending a livestock expert to Abuja and pitching American technology and …
Lease-to-Own Reaches Four Farm States
Smallholder farmers in Benue, Nasarawa, Ogun and Edo will soon be able to lease tractors, irrigation kits and processing gear without buying them outright, under …
A Farm App Wins Fresh Capital
A Nigerian startup connecting tens of thousands of northern farmers to buyers through its Kasuwa app has raised $1.8 million, a bright spot in a …
Local Rice Undercuts Imported Long Grain
Nigerian Manufactured Rice averaged ₦52,143 per 50kg bag across Lagos markets in the week to 14 August 2026, ₦4,107 below imported long grain at ₦56,250. …
Africa's Pawpaw Leader Lets It Rot
Nigeria is the largest pawpaw producer in Africa, yet much of the fruit spoils before it can be sold. Short shelf life, weak cold chains …