Food Price News & Market Intelligence
Real-time food price analysis, agricultural market updates, and inflation tracking across Nigeria and Africa.
Nigeria Deploys 2,000 Tractors in Largest Agricultural Mechanisation Programme in Africa
The Federal Government has commenced the phased deployment of 2,000 heavy-capacity tractors and over 9,000 precision implements under the Renewed Hope National Agricultural Mechanisation Programme, …
AfDB Approves $200 Million Loan to Scale Up Nigeria's Agricultural Transformation
The African Development Bank has approved a $200 million loan for the second phase of Nigeria's National Agricultural Growth Scheme, targeting a fivefold increase in …
The US House Has Released an 800-Page Farm Bill. It Rewrites Trade Rules, Moves Food Aid to USDA, and Overrides State Food Laws.
The House Agriculture Committee released the 800-page Farm, Food, and National Security Act of 2026. It transfers Food for Peace from USAID to USDA, overrides …
USDA to Buy $263 Million of Food from American Farmers. It’s the Biggest Butter Purchase in Five Years.
USDA will buy $263M in food from American producers — including $75M in butter, its first major purchase in five years — plus cheese, beans, …
USDA Projects a 5-Million-Acre Corn Retreat as American Farmers Pivot to Soybeans. Here’s What It Means for Global Grain Markets.
USDA projects US corn plantings will fall nearly 5 million acres in 2026 while soybean acreage rises 3.8 million. Corn output drops 7% from last …
Trump Invokes Defence Production Act for Roundup Weedkiller. His Own Health Secretary Once Won $289 Million Suing Its Maker.
Trump has declared glyphosate — Roundup’s active ingredient — critical to national defence, invoking the Defence Production Act. Bayer is the sole US producer. The …
India Signs Five-Year Rice Deal with WFP, Committing 200,000 Tonnes to Global Hunger Relief
India’s Food Corporation has signed a five-year MoU with WFP to supply 200,000 MT of rice for humanitarian operations. India’s rice exports surged 19.4% in …
Eight Traders Killed in Burkina Faso. Now Ghana Is Racing to Grow Its Own Tomatoes — and End a GHS 5.7 Billion Annual Loss.
A terrorist attack in Burkina Faso killed eight Ghanaian tomato traders on February 14, exposing the lethal cost of import dependency. Ghana loses GHS 5.7 …
American Tariffs Are Rewriting Global Food Trade. Developing Countries Like Nigeria Are Caught in the Crossfire.
The US now imposes tariffs on 52% of its food imports — worth $116 billion. The disruption is reshaping grain flows, raising fertiliser costs, and …
Cocoa Prices Have Crashed 55%. Your Chocolate Bar Still Costs More Than Ever. Here’s Why.
Global cocoa has plunged from $12,000/tonne to around $5,500 — a 55% crash. But retail chocolate prices jumped 14.4% in early 2026. The gap between …
55 Million People Will Go Hungry in West Africa This Year. WFP Can Only Reach 72,000 in Nigeria.
The WFP warns that 55 million people across West and Central Africa face crisis-level hunger during the 2026 lean season. In Nigeria, funding cuts mean …
The Emir of Kano Says Nigeria’s ₦5.27 Trillion Food Import Bill Is Destroying the Farmers Who Feed the Country
Emir Muhammadu Sanusi II has urged the Federal Government to halt food imports that are undercutting Nigerian farmers. With ₦5.27 trillion spent on food imports …