Food Price News & Market Intelligence
Real-time food price analysis, agricultural market updates, and inflation tracking across Nigeria and Africa.
Fish Import Bill Falls 14.8%
Nigeria spent ₦167.91 billion on fish imports in the second quarter of 2026, down 14.8% from ₦197.17 billion a year earlier, NBS data shows. Herring …
Weak Northern Harvest Threatens Food Supply
Nigeria's rice output is projected to fall 6% to 8.3 million tonnes and maize 5% to 10.9 million tonnes in 2026/27, BusinessDay reports, as insecurity, …
Nigeria's Farms Are Starved of Fertiliser
Nigerian farmers apply about 18.6kg of fertiliser per hectare, barely 37.2% of the 50kg target set under the 2006 Abuja Declaration, Vanguard reports. Fertiliser also …
Floods Wash Away Farms in Enugu
Floods have submerged 14 villages in Aninri Local Government Area of Enugu State, destroying rice, yam and cassava farms and killing two children. Residents of …
FirstBank Expo Pushes Nigerian Produce Abroad
Farmers, exporters, bankers and five state governors met in Lagos for the fifth FirstBank Agric and Export Expo, which focused on getting Nigerian produce into …
Food Inflation More Than Doubled in 2026
Nigeria's food inflation stood at 8.89% in January, its lowest since August 2011. By June it had reached 17.52%, and by July 20.31%, more than …
Agric Trade Flips to ₦56bn Deficit
Nigeria's agricultural trade swung from a ₦740.27 billion surplus in the first half of 2025 to a ₦56.13 billion deficit in the first half of …
Yam, Garri Slide as Lagos Prices Ease
Medium yam fell 7.3% to a mean of ₦2,410 a tuber across 10 Lagos markets in the week of 18 September, FoodPrices Nigeria data shows. …
Rice Falls 28% as Tariffs Tumble
Imported rice has fallen 28.3% in a year, from ₦4,881 to ₦3,500 per 2.8kg, WFP data held by FoodPrices shows. Local rice fell 28.6% over …
Lagos Harvest Glut Has an Expiry Date
A 100kg bag of sweet potato now sells for ₦18,000 in Lagos, down 74.3% from ₦70,000 in July, as the harvest floods markets. Traders warn …
Pepper Leads Lagos Price Retreat
Rodo pepper fell 7.4% to an average of ₦2,500 per kg across 10 Lagos markets in the week of 18 September, leading a broad retreat …
Food Inflation Falls to 19.57%
Nigeria's food inflation fell to 19.57% in August from 20.31% in July, its first decline in six months, the NBS said. FoodPrices Lagos data backs …