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A $4bn Food Import Alarm Rings in Lagos
Niger State Governor Mohammed Bago has warned that Nigeria's food import bill, already above $3 billion this year, could reach $4 billion before December. Speaking …
Nigeria Trades a Cashew Ban for a Roadmap
Nigeria has ruled out a raw cashew export ban, choosing a 10-year sector roadmap instead. Growers eyeing a ₦635 billion market welcomed the decision, while …
Nigeria's Farm Exports Tumble 36% in Q2
Nigeria's agricultural export earnings fell 36% year-on-year to ₦803 billion in the second quarter of 2026 as cocoa butter shipments collapsed and prices softened. Cashew …
Nigeria's Yams Rarely Cross the Border
Nigeria grows most of the world's yams, harvesting tens of millions of tonnes a year, yet it captures only a sliver of the fast-growing global …
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 …
Africa Chases a $1 Trillion Food Economy
Africa is being urged to build a $1 trillion food economy by 2030, with Nigeria cast as a linchpin. Beyond farming, its food brands, restaurants, …
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 …
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 …
Nigeria Grows the World's Kola, Sells Little
Nigeria grows more kola nut than any other country and chews most of it at home, but sells almost none abroad. While it dominates production, …
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 …