Food Security
Food access, availability, and nutrition security
Food Import Bill Hits ₦3.3tn
Nigeria spent ₦3.30 trillion importing food and beverages in the first half of 2026, NBS data shows. The bill jumped from ₦1.39 trillion in the …
Nigeria's Farms Are Starved of Fertiliser
Nigerian farmers apply about 18.6kg of fertiliser per hectare, barely 37.2% of the 50kg target set under the 2006 Abuja Declaration, Vanguard reports. Fertiliser also …
Forecast: If China Blockaded Taiwan, What Would Food Cost?
This has not happened. It is a scenario, and the numbers in it are assumptions we state openly rather than forecasts. But the chain from …
Research: One Country Holds Half the World's Grain Reserves
China holds 53% of the world's wheat, rice and maize reserves with 17% of its people. Meanwhile a Yemeni family pays $10.62 for a kilogramme …
Research: The Poorest People Pay the Most for Food. Here Is the Proof
A kilogramme of rice costs $0.74 in Colombia and $0.46 in Burundi. The Burundian pays less. But that kilogramme takes 88% of a day's average …
Research: Where War Doubles the Price of Food, and Where It Does Not
Sudan pays 5.5 times what its neighbours pay for the same staples. Yemen pays 4.9 times. But six other conflict countries in the same data …
Nigeria Pushes to Fortify Every Staple
Nigeria is stepping up a drive to add vitamins and minerals to the foods people already buy. Officials and industry are targeting up to 100% …
Lagos Cuts the Middleman With Food Hubs
Lagos has commissioned a third neighbourhood food hub, in Agege, part of a hub-and-spoke network meant to shorten supply chains, curb spoilage and lower prices …
Nigeria's Buttery Pear Waits for Buyers
Ube, the purple African pear roasted alongside corn on Nigerian streets, is nutritious, prized by the diaspora and traded as far as London and Brussels. …
Yam Prices Drop Sharply in Lagos, Mean Falls 9.6% Against Rising Freight Costs
Medium Sized Yam recorded the steepest decline of any item in this week's Ministry market survey, with its mean Lagos price falling 9.6% to ₦3,055 …
Kaduna Pours ₦100bn Into Its Farms
Kaduna says it has committed more than ₦100 billion to agriculture in its 2026 budget, up from just ₦1.48 billion three years ago. The state …
Benue Links Food Security to Peace
The Food Basket of the Nation has unveiled a five-year plan that treats hunger and insecurity as one problem. Benue's new strategy ties food production …
A 50kg Bag of Rice Now Costs Three Quarters of a Month's Minimum Wage in Lagos
Imported short grain rice averages ₦53,100 for a 50kg bag this week, equal to 75.9% of the ₦70,000 monthly minimum wage. The price is falling, …
A Paint of Oloyin Beans Costs 8.6% of the Minimum Wage at Ajah and 5% at Fresh Food Hub Mushin
Beans are the cheapest protein most Lagos households buy, and the price of a paint ranges from ₦3,500 to ₦6,000 across ten markets this week. …
Nigeria Puts Naira Behind Child Nutrition
State governments are committing fresh money to the fight against child malnutrition, with Nasarawa approving ₦500 million as UNICEF warns that thousands of children need …
Jigawa Reels In $140m in Farm Deals
Jigawa State has closed its second investment summit with $140 million in commitments, much of it aimed at agriculture and agro-processing. The state that grows …
Nigeria Wires Weather Into Its Farms
Nigeria has launched a climate-smart farming project that pipes weather and climate data straight to farmers, insurers and agribusinesses. Backed by IFAD and the Gates …
Nigeria Builds a Food-Safety Powerhouse
Nigeria is building a national agricultural reference laboratory meant to rank among Africa's best. The centre will test for food safety, biosecurity and contamination, the …
Two Date Harvests, Still Mostly Imported
Nigeria is the only country where date palms fruit twice a year, a natural edge no rival can match. Yet it grows less than a …
Nigeria Bets on Home-Grown Sugar
Nigeria produces less than 5% of the sugar it eats, but a backward integration push is trying to change that. Dangote and BUA are pouring …