Food Price News & Market Intelligence
Real-time food price analysis, agricultural market updates, and inflation tracking across Nigeria and Africa.
War and TikTok Squeeze the Pistachio
Pistachio prices have hit their highest level in eight years as a viral Dubai chocolate craze collides with war-related disruption to Iran's exports. The green …
Black Sea Wheat Keeps Bread Cheap
A big Black Sea harvest is keeping global wheat prices in check in 2026, even as the United States heads for its smallest crop since …
India's Rice Flood Reaches Africa
India's granaries are overflowing after a record harvest, and the government has scrapped export floors and duties to move the surplus. The result is the …
A Quota Cut Squeezes Africa's Mackerel
Shrinking Northeast Atlantic fishing quotas are pushing up the price of mackerel, one of the most affordable proteins in West Africa. With the EU cutting …
Snubbed by China, US Sorghum Turns to Africa
US sorghum exports to China, once the crop's biggest buyer, collapsed by about 97 per cent in the trade war, sinking prices below $3 a …
Sudan's War Squeezes the World's Gum
Sudan supplies most of the world's gum arabic, the acacia resin that binds fizzy drinks, sweets and medicines. More than three years of war have …
China Drops Its Tariffs for Africa
From May 2026, China scrapped import duties on almost everything from 53 African countries, including Nigeria. Sesame, cashew, ginger and cocoa that once faced tariffs …
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 …
Hazelnuts Rebound From a Frost Shock
A year after frost wrecked Turkey's hazelnut orchards and drove kernel prices to record highs, the world's dominant supplier is heading for a crop 56 …
China Reopens Its Door to Canola
China has slashed tariffs that had shut Canadian canola out of its market, restoring access for roughly $4 billion of annual seed exports. The reset …
Lamb Prices Climb as Flocks Shrink
Lamb has become one of the world's hottest proteins. Australian prices jumped 47 per cent in a year and American lamb surged 61 per cent …
WTO Buys Time for Its Fish Deal
Trade ministers meeting in Yaoundé kept the world's first binding deal on fishing subsidies alive, agreeing to continue talks on the unfinished half. The clock …