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Ondo Takes Farming to All 203 Wards
Ondo State is taking agriculture to each of its 203 political wards, tailoring support to what every ward grows best. Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa says the …
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 …
Benue Signs a $250m Food City Deal
Benue has signed a $250 million agreement to build a 30,000-hectare National Food City Complex meant to turn the Food Basket of the Nation into …
Anambra Opens a Root-Crop Flour Plant
Anambra has commissioned a new factory that turns cassava, yam and potato into organic flour for local shelves and export. Backers say the plant will …
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 …
Sunbeth Bets on Cocoa and Cashew Plants
Sunbeth Global Concepts, one of Nigeria's largest cocoa exporters, is building a 70,000-tonne cocoa processing factory and an 80,000-tonne cashew plant in Ogun State. Due …
A Sesame Giant Rises in Kano
Kano has commissioned one of Nigeria's largest grain and sesame processing plants, built by the Kewalram Chanrai Group. The factory can process 40,000 tonnes of …
Africa's Top Kernel Oil, Barely Refined
Nigeria is Africa's biggest producer of palm kernel oil, the lauric oil pressed from oil-palm nuts and used in margarine, confectionery and soap. Yet much …
Nigeria Grows Oranges, Imports the Juice
Nigeria produces millions of tonnes of oranges each year, yet buys most of the juice concentrate it drinks from abroad. With only one significant processing …
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's Palm Wine Skips the Bottle
Palm wine sells briskly across southern Nigeria, yet it still moves by keg and roadside gourd, spoiling within hours. With demand far above supply and …
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 …
Soursop's Buzz Outpaces Its Farms
Health-conscious Nigerians are chasing soursop for its vitamins and folk medicine claims, driving prices up and stripping the fruit from markets. Yet almost no one …
Lagos Vegetables Await A Price Line
Leafy vegetables are absent from the FoodPrices Lagos survey for the week of 14 August 2026. This explainer covers what Lagos farmers and traders told …
Cashew Farmers Push Back on an Export Ban
Nigeria's cashew growers have rejected a proposed ban on exporting raw cashew nuts, warning it would slash incomes and put more than five million livelihoods …
Nigeria Undersells Its Palm Kernel Oil
Nigeria is Africa's biggest producer of palm kernel oil, a lauric-rich oil prized for soap, cosmetics and confectionery. Yet much of it leaves as cheap …
Agbalumo, a Superfruit Sold Cheap
Agbalumo, the sweet-sour dry-season fruit Nigerians call udara, packs more vitamin C than orange and guava. Yet it is picked largely from the wild and …
Nigeria's Egusi Falls Short of the Pot
Nigeria is the world's biggest grower of egusi, the melon seed at the heart of the nation's soups, yet it still cannot grow enough. Demand …