Food Price News & Market Intelligence
Real-time food price analysis, agricultural market updates, and inflation tracking across Nigeria and Africa.
Nigeria Puts Naira Behind Child Nutrition
State governments are committing fresh money to the fight against child malnutrition, with Nasarawa approving ₦500 million as UNICEF warns that thousands of children need …
Jigawa Reels In $140m in Farm Deals
Jigawa State has closed its second investment summit with $140 million in commitments, much of it aimed at agriculture and agro-processing. The state that grows …
Nigeria Wires Weather Into Its Farms
Nigeria has launched a climate-smart farming project that pipes weather and climate data straight to farmers, insurers and agribusinesses. Backed by IFAD and the Gates …
Nigeria Builds a Food-Safety Powerhouse
Nigeria is building a national agricultural reference laboratory meant to rank among Africa's best. The centre will test for food safety, biosecurity and contamination, the …
Two Date Harvests, Still Mostly Imported
Nigeria is the only country where date palms fruit twice a year, a natural edge no rival can match. Yet it grows less than a …
Nigeria's African Food Trade Jumps 21%
Nigeria's trade with the rest of Africa rose 21% to $9.02 billion in 2025, with processed food, foodstuffs and urea joining crude oil in the …
Nigeria Owns Kola, but Trades It Cheap
Nigeria leads the world in growing and eating kola nut, yet the trade stays largely informal and low-value. As the global kola market heads toward …
Nigeria's Tiger Nut Chases a Superfood Boom
Tiger nut, the little tuber behind kunun aya, is winning fans worldwide as a plant-based superfood used in milks, flour and oil. Nigeria is a …
Nigeria Bets on Home-Grown Sugar
Nigeria produces less than 5% of the sugar it eats, but a backward integration push is trying to change that. Dangote and BUA are pouring …
Ekiti Hands Farmers Subsidised Chemicals and Yam Seeds
Ekiti State has distributed subsidised agrochemicals to farmers across all 16 local governments and rolled out a yam seed support scheme, part of a wider …
Nigeria's Livestock Drive Vaccinates 23 Million Animals
Nigeria's World Bank-backed livestock programme has vaccinated 23.3 million animals against major diseases and reached more than 1.44 million people across 20 states. Officials say …
NALDA to Turn Degraded Forests Into Farm Estates
NALDA plans to rehabilitate degraded forest and grazing reserves and convert them into secured farm estates. In Kwara, depleted reserves will go to cashew processors …