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Nigeria Keeps the Cashew Nut, Dumps the Fruit
Nigeria is a top cashew producer, but it ships the nuts abroad raw and throws away the fruit they hang from. Up to 95% of …
Nigeria Snacks on Agbalumo, Skips the Profit
Every dry season, agbalumo floods Nigerian markets, gets sucked sweet and spat out, then vanishes by April. The African star apple is rich in vitamins …
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 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 …
A Quarantine Fix for Rejected Exports
Too many Nigerian farm exports get turned back abroad over pests and chemical residues. The government has inaugurated an interministerial committee to overhaul the country's …
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's Flowers Find Foreign Buyers
Cut flowers earned Nigeria more than ₦12 billion in the first quarter of 2026, a small but growing slice of farm exports. The niche points …
The World Wants Nigeria's Bitter Kola
A nut once cut down for firewood is now in demand abroad. Bitter kola, long a ceremonial staple, is drawing pharmaceutical and herbal buyers in …
Tamarind Grows Wild, Earns Little
Tamarind, known in Hausa as tsamiya, grows wild across Nigeria and thrives in almost any soil. Yet while India built an industry around it, Nigeria …
Bitter Kola, a Wonder Nut Undersold
Bitter kola, the sharp-tasting seed chewed at ceremonies and prized in traditional medicine, is one of Nigeria's most valuable forest crops. Yet the country mostly …
Nigeria Undersells Its Baobab Superfood
Baobab, the tart fruit Nigerians know as kuka, is booming as a global superfood in a market worth billions. Nigeria is among the leading African …
Nigeria's Bananas Rarely Leave Home
Nigeria is among the world's largest banana growers, producing millions of tonnes a year, yet it exports almost none and still imports to meet demand. …
Nigeria's Garden Egg Eyes Export
Garden egg is one of Nigeria's most familiar vegetables, eaten fresh with groundnut paste. It is also one of the most overlooked, with rising diaspora …
A Superfood Tree Nigeria Barely Taps
Moringa, the drought-hardy tree prized as a superfood, feeds a global market worth more than $10 billion, yet Nigeria exports only a trickle. Farmers and …
Nigeria Buys the Garlic It Could Grow
Garlic sits in almost every Nigerian pot, but the country barely grows it, producing only a couple of thousand tonnes a year and importing the …
Nigeria Plans to Crack Its Own Cashews
Nigeria grows up to 350,000 tonnes of cashews a year but ships more than 85% abroad raw, exporting the jobs and profit with them. A …