Food Price News & Market Intelligence
Real-time food price analysis, agricultural market updates, and inflation tracking across Nigeria and Africa.
A Climate Shield for Nigeria's Farms
Nigeria and IFAD have launched CSAPR, a Gates Foundation-funded project that folds weather and climate intelligence into farming as a paid service. Running to 2028, …
Farmers Swap Diesel for Sunlight
With diesel and petrol costs biting since the 2023 subsidy removal, Nigerian farmers are turning to solar-powered irrigation pumps to farm year-round and cut expenses. …
USDA Flags a Nigerian Grain Squeeze
A fresh United States Department of Agriculture outlook sees Nigeria's corn crop shrinking about 5% in 2026-27 as costs bite, while roughly 60% of the …
Benue Signs a ₦25bn Farm Deal
Benue, Nigeria's food basket, has signed a ₦25 billion agricultural partnership for commercial soybean production, irrigation farming, out-grower schemes and value addition. The project starts …
Ghana Frees Nigeria's Onion Trucks
Five Nigerian trucks loaded with onions, detained for days at a market in Accra, have been released after ECOWAS stepped in. The standoff exposed how …
Imported Rice (Long Grain, 25kg Bag) Falls 3.8% in Lagos After July Tariff Cut
A 25kg bag of Imported Rice (Long Grain) recorded a mean price decline of 3.8% in this week's Ministry market survey, three weeks after Nigeria …
Yam Prices Drop Sharply in Lagos, Mean Falls 9.6% Against Rising Freight Costs
Medium Sized Yam recorded the steepest decline of any item in this week's Ministry market survey, with its mean Lagos price falling 9.6% to ₦3,055 …
Lagos Food Prices This Week: Rice Falls on Tariff Cut While Fuel Costs Push Garri Higher
The Ministry of Agriculture and Food Systems' latest Lagos market survey shows the food basket splitting along a clear line. Imported rice eased across every …
Nigeria Grows Too Few Mushrooms
igeria produces only about 300 tonnes of mushrooms a year against demand of at least 1,200 tonnes, and imports fill much of the gap. With …
Nigeria Trades Open Grazing for Ranches
igeria is pushing to replace open grazing with modern ranches, reviving hundreds of legally protected grazing reserves and courting French financing for its National Ranching …
Nigeria Moves to Protect the Ofada Name
Ofada rice, the aromatic unpolished grain grown around a single Ogun town, is at the centre of a push to give Nigerian foods legal Geographical …
Nigeria Undersells Its Baobab Superfood
Baobab, the tart fruit Nigerians know as kuka, is booming as a global superfood in a market worth billions. Nigeria is among the leading African …