Food Price News & Market Intelligence
Real-time food price analysis, agricultural market updates, and inflation tracking across Nigeria and Africa.
Palm Grubs Take On the Protein Gap
Palm weevil larvae, a fatty, protein-rich grub long eaten in southern Nigeria, are being reconsidered as a serious answer to the country's protein shortage. As …
Guinea Fowl, Chicken's Neglected Rival
Nigeria keeps an estimated 50 million guinea fowl, a hardy, disease-tolerant bird with leaner, higher-protein meat than chicken. Yet almost all of it is raised …
Nigeria's Rabbit Meat Waits for Takers
Rabbit meat is cheap to produce, high in protein and low in fat, yet only a small slice of Nigerians raise or eat it. Experts …
Quails Lay a Quicker Naira
Small-scale Nigerian farmers are turning to quail, a tiny bird that eats little, resists disease and lays almost daily. With chicken feed costs punishing poultry …
Farming Climbs Lagos Rooftops
With farmland scarce and perishables spoiling on long journeys into the city, a small band of Lagos growers is farming upward, using hydroponics and vertical …
Nigeria Plants a Wall Against the Desert
Nigeria loses about 35,000 hectares of farmland to the advancing desert each year. Its answer is the Great Green Wall, a belt of trees and …
A Carbon Payday for Nigeria's Farms
Nigeria is positioning farmers to earn from the global carbon market, using green bonds, credits and agroforestry to turn climate-friendly farming into income. Backers say …
Farm Antibiotics Seep Into Nigeria's Food
Experts warn that the unregulated use of antibiotics on Nigeria's poultry, fish and livestock farms is leaving drug residues in meat, eggs and milk and …
Nigeria and the Dutch Target a Vegetable Gap
Nigeria cannot grow enough vegetables to meet its own demand, and the Netherlands is stepping in with seeds, greenhouse know-how and investors. From a Lagos …
Armyworm Ravages Northern Farms
An armyworm invasion has torn through farms in the north, destroying about 790 hectares in one Jigawa area and wiping out most of some farmers' …
Drones Enlist in Nigeria's Farm Fight
With farmland shrinking and insecurity spreading, experts say Nigeria should grow more on the land it already has. Drones fitted with sensors can spot crop …
The South East Bets Capital on Farm Startups
A regional commission is putting money behind young agribusinesses. The South East Development Commission has backed 25 startups under a $50 million venture capital programme, …