Harvest
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Bauchi Tomato Basket Falls to ₦14,000
A basket of tomatoes now sells for ₦14,000 in Bauchi markets, down from ₦18,000, as a bumper wet-season harvest floods traders with supply. A bag …
Weak Northern Harvest Threatens Food Supply
Nigeria's rice output is projected to fall 6% to 8.3 million tonnes and maize 5% to 10.9 million tonnes in 2026/27, BusinessDay reports, as insecurity, …
Lagos Harvest Glut Has an Expiry Date
A 100kg bag of sweet potato now sells for ₦18,000 in Lagos, down 74.3% from ₦70,000 in July, as the harvest floods markets. Traders warn …
Tomatoes Tumble 60% in Kano
A bumper harvest has crashed vegetable prices in Kano, with a small basket of tomatoes falling 60% from ₦10,000 to ₦4,000 in two weeks. Traders …
A Shaky Northern Harvest Clouds 2026
Nigeria's food outlook faces renewed pressure as the 2026 harvest nears, with reduced cultivation, insecurity, high input costs and erratic weather threatening the volume of …
A Harvest Lull Cools Lagos Food Prices
Fresh harvests are pulling down the price of plantain, potatoes and tomatoes across Lagos markets, easing pressure on shoppers as food inflation slows. The relief …
USDA Dims Nigeria's 2026 Grain Outlook
The US Department of Agriculture has trimmed its forecasts for Nigeria's 2026/27 rice and maize crops, citing high input costs, insecurity and reduced planting. It …
Harvest Cools Food Inflation to 19.57%
Nigeria's food inflation fell to 19.57% in August, its first drop in six months, as the main harvest began easing supply pressures. Month-on-month food price …
Cutting the Cost Between Farm and Plate
As the harvest nears, Nigeria's food-systems unit met to move food more cheaply from farm to plate. Officials weighed how transport, logistics and levies inflate …
A Harvest That Bypasses the Northeast
Even as the main harvest approaches, FEWS NET warns that conflict and high food prices are keeping parts of Borno in Emergency-level hunger. Cut off …
USDA Flags a Nigerian Grain Squeeze
A fresh United States Department of Agriculture outlook sees Nigeria's corn crop shrinking about 5% in 2026-27 as costs bite, while roughly 60% of the …
Yam Turns the Lagos Map Upside Down: ₦5,000 at Ile-Epo, ₦2,300 at Epe Main Market
The wholesale markets that anchor the cheapest prices for garri and beans sit at the top of the yam table this week. Ile-Epo Market charges …
Epe Main Market Sells the Cheapest Yam in Lagos and Some of the Dearest Rice and Beans
A medium yam tuber costs ₦2,300 at Epe Main Market and ₦5,000 at Ile-Epo Market, a 117% margin. The same two markets swap positions on …
Medium Sized Yam Jumps 5.3% to ₦3,380 in Lagos as Old-Crop Supply Runs Thin
A medium tuber of yam now averages ₦3,380 across ten Lagos markets, up 5.3% on the week and 31.3% since January. Epe Main Market is …
Save ₦1,650 on Imported Rice (Long Grain): ₦4,350 at Agbalata, ₦6,000 at Sabo Market Yaba
Imported Rice (Long Grain) averages ₦5,294 a paint across eight Lagos markets this week, down 1.1% on the week and 9.2% since January. Agbalata Market …