Africa’s growing food import bill is often framed as inevitable. Population growth, climate shocks, and conflict are cited as reasons the continent must increasingly rely on global markets to feed itself. This narrative is misleading. Africa’s food future will not be secured through imports, but through smallholder productivity—the most underutilised and underestimated lever in the ...

The value of agricultural goods imported into Nigeria in 2023 exceeded exports by N1.037 trillion marking the fifth consecutive year imports exceeded exports.   Data gleaned from the NBS foreign trade report for 2023 revealed that Nigeria imported agricultural goods worth N2.281 trillion in 2023 and exported agroproduce valued at N1.244 trillion in the year under ...