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Nigeria Flies In Its Christmas Turkey
Turkey is a festive-table favourite in Nigeria, but most of it arrives frozen from Italy, the Netherlands and South Africa. With local poultry meeting only …
Nigeria Grows Castor, Imports the Oil
Nigeria is among the world's biggest castor seed producers, yet it still spends billions of naira importing castor oil for cosmetics, drugs and industry. Backers …
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 …
Nigeria Grows Too Few Mushrooms
igeria produces only about 300 tonnes of mushrooms a year against demand of at least 1,200 tonnes, and imports fill much of the gap. With …
Brewers Bet on Nigeria's Sorghum
Sorghum, Nigeria's second most important cereal, is drawing brewers and food processors chasing a cheap, gluten-free grain. Nigerian Breweries alone needs about 120,000 tonnes a …