Food Price News & Market Intelligence
Real-time food price analysis, agricultural market updates, and inflation tracking across Nigeria and Africa.
Delta Bets on 1,000 Young Farmers
Delta State has begun training 1,000 young people to run commercial agribusinesses, starting with cocoa, coffee, cotton and ginger. The scheme aims to move youths …
Nigeria Rolls Out Community Food Banks
Nigeria has begun opening community food banks nationwide, with the South-West rollout launched in Ogun. The scheme feeds vulnerable children, pregnant women and nursing mothers, …
Nigeria Refines Its Own Table Salt
Salt is one of the few kitchen staples Nigeria refines for itself. NASCON, a Dangote company, turns raw salt into iodised table salt at plants …
Africa's Top Kernel Oil, Barely Refined
Nigeria is Africa's biggest producer of palm kernel oil, the lauric oil pressed from oil-palm nuts and used in margarine, confectionery and soap. Yet much …
Mambilla's Tea Can't Fill the Cup
Nigeria grows tea high on the Mambilla Plateau, but produces only about 1,640 tonnes a year, roughly a tenth of what it drinks. Ageing estates, …
Africa's Biggest Goat Herd Falls Short
Nigeria has the largest goat herd in Africa, and goat meat ranks among its most-eaten proteins. Yet the country still imports sheep and goat meat, …
Nigeria Grows Oranges, Imports the Juice
Nigeria produces millions of tonnes of oranges each year, yet buys most of the juice concentrate it drinks from abroad. With only one significant processing …
Forecast: If China Blockaded Taiwan, What Would Food Cost?
This has not happened. It is a scenario, and the numbers in it are assumptions we state openly rather than forecasts. But the chain from …
Research: One Country Holds Half the World's Grain Reserves
China holds 53% of the world's wheat, rice and maize reserves with 17% of its people. Meanwhile a Yemeni family pays $10.62 for a kilogramme …
Research: The Poorest People Pay the Most for Food. Here Is the Proof
A kilogramme of rice costs $0.74 in Colombia and $0.46 in Burundi. The Burundian pays less. But that kilogramme takes 88% of a day's average …
Farmers Shrink Their Fields as Inputs Bite
The cost of fertiliser, seeds and agrochemicals has climbed so high that farmers around Abuja are cutting the size of their farms and buying inputs …
Nigeria to Import More Maize as Farms Falter
Nigeria's grain harvest is slipping, and the country is set to buy far more from abroad to fill the gap. New forecasts point to maize …