Cassava
Cassava products including garri and fufu
The Ukraine War Reached Your Kitchen. It Did Not Get There Alone.
Retail wheat flour jumped 17.7 index points the month Russia invaded, and the median country paid 26% more by its 2022 peak. But cassava, a …
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 …
Garri Splits Three Ways In Lagos
Lagos garri moved in three directions in the week to 14 August 2026. White fell 2.3% to a mean ₦1,300 per paint, Yellow edged up …
White Garri Falls 2.3% To ₦1,300
A paint of Garri (White) averages ₦1,300 across nine Lagos markets, down 2.3% from ₦1,330, the only garri variety to move this week. Oyingbo Market …
Cassava's Next Act: Ethanol and Sweeteners
Nigeria grows more cassava than any country on earth, yet it imports the ethanol, sweeteners and industrial starch it could make from the crop. A …
Cassava Angles for a Place in Bread
Nigeria grows more cassava than any country on earth, yet it still spends billions importing wheat for bread. A renewed push to put 20% high-quality …
Only Five Lagos Markets Stock Ijebu Garri, and It Has Become the Cheapest Grade in the City
Garri (Ijebu) averages ₦1,260 a paint this week, marginally below white garri and 16.3% below yellow, on a grade traditionally sold at a premium. Just …
Yellow Garri Costs Most at the City's Two Outer Edges, Epe and Ajah
Every Lagos market inside the built-up core prices a paint of yellow garri between ₦1,000 and ₦1,600 this week. The two outliers, Epe Main Market …
Crossing the Lagoon Costs as Much as the Entire Mainland Price Range for Ijebu Garri
Ijebu garri runs from ₦1,100 to ₦1,300 across four mainland markets, a ₦200 band. Ajah Market sits ₦200 above the dearest mainland quote at ₦1,500, …
Yellow Garri Is the Priciest Grade in Lagos, and It Holds the Cheapest Quote in the Category
Garri (Yellow) averages ₦1,505 a paint, 18.8% above the white grade. Yet its cheapest quote, ₦1,000 at Mile 12 Market, sits 21.1% below the white …
Yellow Garri Is the Priciest Grade in Lagos, and It Holds the Cheapest Quote in the Category
Garri (Yellow) averages ₦1,505 a paint, 18.8% above the white grade. Yet its cheapest quote, ₦1,000 at Mile 12 Market, sits 21.1% below the white …
Where to Buy Garri (Yellow) Cheapest Now: ₦1,000 at Mile 12, Double That at Ajah Market
Garri (Yellow) sells for ₦1,000 a paint at Mile 12 Market and ₦2,000 at Ajah Market this week, a 100% spread across ten Lagos markets. …
Garri (Yellow) Now ₦1,505 a Paint in Lagos, 12.7% Dearer Than a Month Ago
Garri (Yellow) averages ₦1,505 per paint across ten Lagos markets this week, up 12.7% in four weeks. Mile 12 Market is cheapest at ₦1,000 and …
Crops Bred to Beat Hidden Hunger
Millions of Nigerian children lack enough vitamin A, iron and zinc even when their plates look full. A long-running push to breed everyday staples like …
A Cement Giant Starts Making Garri
Dangote Cement has commissioned a cassava processing plant in Ogun State that will turn local roots into garri and fufu. The facility was handed to …
Asia's Cassava Squeeze Lifts Starch Prices
A cassava root shortage in Thailand and Vietnam has driven tapioca starch export prices up about 18 per cent in 14 weeks, with Thai shipments …
Garri Holds Near N20,000 a Bag at Agege as Other Staples Surge, Ajah Firms to N27,000 by June
A 50kg bag of white garri held at N20,000 at Agege Market from January through April while beans and oil rose sharply. At Ajah Market …
Garri's Split Screen: Ajah Jumps 35% to ₦27,000 a Bag While Lekki-Jakande Holds at ₦22,000
A 50kg bag of white garri firmed to ₦27,000 at Ajah Market in the week of June 1, up 35% from February, while Lekki-Jakande held …
Ikotun White Garri Eases to N19,000 a Bag by Late March After Selling at N24,000 in January
A 50-kilogram bag of white garri at Ikotun Market fell from N24,000 in the week of January 19 to N19,000 by the week of March …
Ajah Market White Garri Rebounds to N27,000 a Bag in June After February Dip to N20,000
A 50kg bag of white garri at Ajah Market fell from N26,000 in January to N20,000 through February, then climbed to N27,000 by the week …