Nigeria produces 1.4 million metric tonnes of palm oil annually but needs over 2.5 million. The Federal Government has launched a national strategy to close that gap and cut its $600m annual import bill.
Nigeria and Germany have launched a $2.2 million audit of farmland soil health, targeting 774 soil testing laboratories and 10 million farmers by 2027. Here is what the NFSHS readiness assessment means for Nigerian crop yields and food security.
The World Bank has approved a $500 million credit for Nigeria’s AGROW Project, targeting one million smallholder farmers across rice, maize, cassava and soybean value chains from 2026 to 2032. Here is what it means for Nigerian agriculture.
A USDA report highlights Nigeria’s livestock and animal feed trade potential under the NASIP 2026-2027, noting $283m in cattle exports and $50m in feed imports in recent years.
Nigeria and the World Bank launch the $500m SPIN project to rehabilitate 40,000 hectares of irrigated farmland and modernise over 400 dams for year-round food production.
