Vegetables
Vegetable pricing and market availability
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 …
Flooding Reshapes Lagos Leafy Vegetable Supply
Leafy vegetables are not in the FoodPrices Lagos survey this week, so this piece carries no price. It explains why the 2026 rains inverted the …
Lagos Vegetables Retreat From June Peak
Four of six tracked vegetables fell in Lagos this week and two held flat. Tomatoes led at 7.2%, but the four-item stew base still costs …
Onions Unmoved Through Twelve Weeks of Tracking
Onions held at a mean ₦1,000 per kilogramme across all ten Lagos markets in the week to 14 August 2026, unchanged on the week. Across …
Tomatoes Fall 7.2% to ₦2,190 in Lagos
Tomatoes fell 7.2% to a mean ₦2,190 per kilogramme across all ten Lagos markets in the week to 14 August 2026. It is a fourth …
Lagos Vegetables Retreat From June, July Peaks
Tomatoes and all three pepper varieties fell again in the week to 14 August 2026, extending a retreat that began in late June. Four of …
Nigeria Grows Vegetables Without Soil
From insecure northern towns to Lagos rooftops, Nigerians are growing tomatoes, peppers and leafy greens without soil. Hydroponic and vertical farms use up to 90% …
Nigeria's Okra Rots Before It Sells
Okra is a fixture of Nigerian soups and one of West Africa's biggest crops, yet much of the harvest spoils before it reaches a paying …
A Pest Ravages Nigeria's Pepper Farms
Pepper, the fiery heart of nearly every Nigerian pot, has become one of the country's most volatile foods. A pest outbreak that wiped out farms …
A Tomato Paste Glut Seeks Buyers
China's Xinjiang region built a tomato paste empire, then watched European demand collapse over forced-labour concerns. Left with hundreds of thousands of tonnes of unsold …
Coconut Oil Stays Stubbornly Dear
Coconut oil prices nearly tripled in under two years and are easing only slightly in 2026. Ageing trees, slow replanting and competition from coconut milk …
Agege Market Beans Climb to N65,000 per Bag as February Baseline of N48,000 Gives Way
Beans (Drum) and Beans (Oloyin) both held at N48,000 per 50kg bag through February at Agege Market before climbing to N65,000 by the week of …
Mile 12 Market Onions Surge 75.5% to N8,250 a Bowl as Carrot Prices Crash
Red onions at Mile 12 Market rose from N4,700 to N8,250 a big bowl between the weeks of January 19 and February 2, a 75.5 …
Ajah Market Onions Jump 85.7% to N6,500 a Paint as Tomatoes Climb to N6,000
A paint bucket of onions at Ajah Market rose from N3,500 in late January to N6,500 by the week of March 16, an 85.7% climb, …
Lekki-Jakande Tatashe Rises 33.3% to N6,000 a Paint as Tomatoes Hold at N4,000
A paint bucket of tatashe at Lekki-Jakande Market rose from N3,000 in early February to N4,000 by the week of March 16, a 33.3% climb, …
Onion Supply Holds Firm as Producers Promise Steady Prices
Onion producers say the 2025/2026 harvest is strong and prices should stay largely stable through July, dismissing scarcity fears. Even so, Nigeria loses an estimated …
Ajah Market Onions Jump 85.7% to N6,500 a Paint as Tomatoes Climb to N6,000
A paint bucket of onions at Ajah Market rose from N3,500 in the week of January 26 to N6,500 by March 16, an 85.7% climb, …
Lekki-Jakande Pepper and Tatashe Rise 33.3% to N4,000 a Paint by March
A paint bucket of pepper, tatashe and shombo at Lekki-Jakande Market each rose from N3,000 in the week of February 2 to N4,000 by March …
Ajah Market Onions Jump 85.7% to N6,500 a Paint by March as Tomatoes Climb to N6,000
A paint bucket of onions at Ajah Market rose from N3,500 in the week of January 26 to N6,500 by March 16, an 85.7% increase, …
Tomato Ebola Returns: Tuta Absoluta Outbreak Spreads Across Kano Farms as Basket Prices Climb Toward ₦70,000
A fresh outbreak of Tuta Absoluta, the pest farmers call tomato ebola, has spread across more than a dozen tomato-growing communities in Kano, prompting the …