Exports
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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 …
Agric Trade Flips to ₦56bn Deficit
Nigeria's agricultural trade swung from a ₦740.27 billion surplus in the first half of 2025 to a ₦56.13 billion deficit in the first half of …
Ondo Takes Farming to All 203 Wards
Ondo State is taking agriculture to each of its 203 political wards, tailoring support to what every ward grows best. Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa says the …
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's Seafood Sails Into China
Nigeria has secured zero-tariff access to China's 1.4 billion-consumer market for its seafood, signing a wild aquatic products protocol after nearly five years of talks. …
India and Nigeria Trade Climbs to $9bn
Trade between India and Nigeria has reached about $9 billion, and the relationship is widening beyond oil into agriculture and food security. For Nigeria, a …
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 …
Sunbeth Bets on Cocoa and Cashew Plants
Sunbeth Global Concepts, one of Nigeria's largest cocoa exporters, is building a 70,000-tonne cocoa processing factory and an 80,000-tonne cashew plant in Ogun State. Due …
Anambra Turns Its Tubers Into Export Flour
Anambra has commissioned a new factory that turns cassava, yam and potato into organic flour for local sale and export. The plant is part of …
Nigeria Bags Its Crops in Imported Sacks
Nigeria exports cocoa, sesame and cashew, but often in jute sacks bought from abroad. Those sacks come from kenaf, a fibre crop that grows in …
Africa's Top Kernel Oil, Barely Refined
Nigeria is Africa's biggest producer of palm kernel oil, the lauric oil pressed from oil-palm nuts and used in margarine, confectionery and soap. Yet much …
Nigeria Misses China's Duty-Free Window
China threw open its market to African exporters with a sweeping zero-tariff policy, yet Nigeria was absent from the first wave of duty-free shipments. Analysts …
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 …
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 …
Nigeria Undersells Its Palm Kernel Oil
Nigeria is Africa's biggest producer of palm kernel oil, a lauric-rich oil prized for soap, cosmetics and confectionery. Yet much of it leaves as cheap …
Nigeria Sits Out the Avocado Boom
The world is in the grip of an avocado boom, with exports quadrupling in 15 years and Kenya leading Africa's charge into lucrative markets. Nigeria …
Nigeria's Farm Exports Lean on Five Crops
Just five products, led by cocoa, generated about 90% of Nigeria's agricultural export earnings in early 2026. The concentration leaves the country's farm trade exposed …
Nigeria Moves to Protect the Ofada Name
Ofada rice, the aromatic unpolished grain grown around a single Ogun town, is at the centre of a push to give Nigerian foods legal Geographical …
Nigeria's Okra Rots Before It Sells
Okra is a fixture of Nigerian soups and one of West Africa's biggest crops, yet much of the harvest spoils before it reaches a paying …
Nigeria's Snails Can't Meet Demand
Snail farming is booming as a low-cost, high-protein agribusiness, but structured farms cannot keep up with what Nigerians and foreign buyers want. With demand for …