Food Price News & Market Intelligence
Real-time food price analysis, agricultural market updates, and inflation tracking across Nigeria and Africa.
₦1.5 Billion Dam, 500 Youth Trained in Drip Irrigation: Inside the Federal Push to Make Kano a Year-Round Food Hub
The Federal Government has flagged off the ₦1.5bn Bela Dam in Kano and launched a drip irrigation training programme for 500 youth in Jigawa. Kano …
Nigeria Is Building Its Largest Cattle Ranch. Can It Finally Reduce a ₦1.3 Billion Daily Beef Import Bill?
Ogun State plans to build Nigeria's largest dairy and cattle ranch in Ipokia and Yewa South LGAs, starting with 5,000 cattle. The project targets a …
Your Grocery Bill Dropped — But the Relief May Not Last. Here's Why
Food prices across Nigerian markets have fallen to levels not seen in over a decade. But economists warn the decline is driven by temporary factors …
100,000 Nigerian Farmers Are About to Get Weekly Weather Advice on Their Phones. Could It Move the Needle on Food Prices?
NiMet, Tomorrow.io and MTN have launched a pilot digital climate advisory that will deliver weekly SMS-based planting and harvesting guidance to 100,000 smallholder farmers across …
The Missing Bill That Could Reshape Nigeria's ₦500 Billion Cocoa Sector
A presidential bill to establish a Nigerian Cocoa Board was transmitted to the National Assembly in November 2025 — then vanished. Farmers across Ondo, Osun, …
Why Nigeria's Farmers Lost Money While Consumers Celebrated Falling Food Prices
At the LCCI 2026 Agribusiness Outlook, experts revealed how the federal government's import waiver policy crashed farm-gate prices while consumers cheered cheaper rice and maize. …
The World Is Sitting on the Biggest Grain Stockpile in 25 Years. Here's What That Means for Nigerian Food Prices.
The FAO Food Price Index has fallen for five straight months, and global cereal stocks are heading for the highest level since 2001. For Nigeria …
India Is Flooding the World With Cheap Rice. Nigeria Is Buying. Nigerian Farmers Are Paying the Price.
India produced a record 150 million tonnes of rice and scrapped its export restrictions, sending global prices down 35%. Nigerian consumers are benefiting from cheaper …
CPPE Demands National Farm Price Stabilisation Framework, Warns Import-Driven Price Crash Could Destroy Nigerian Agriculture
CPPE urges FG to establish a Farm Price Stabilisation Framework, warning that collapsing commodity prices are inflicting heavy losses on farmers and threatening Nigeria's long-term …
CBN Set to Decide on Interest Rates Next Week — Analysts Predict First Major Cut as Inflation Eases and 65% of Nigerians Demand Lower Rates
The Central Bank of Nigeria's 304th MPC meeting on February 23–24 could deliver a significant rate cut, with leading economist Bismarck Rewane predicting a 100bps …
FG Launches Africa's Largest Agricultural Mechanisation Programme, Distributes 2,000 Tractors and 9,000 Implements Nationwide
The Federal Government has commenced distribution of 2,000 tractors and over 9,000 precision farming implements under the Renewed Hope National Agricultural Mechanisation Programme, described as …
FG and APC Governors Donate ₦8 Billion to Kano Singer Market Fire Victims — Solar Battery Explosion Confirmed as Cause
Vice President Shettima led a federal delegation to Kano, announcing ₦5 billion from President Tinubu and ₦3 billion from APC governors for Singer Market fire …