The Small Scale Women Farmers Organisation in Nigeria (SWOFON) has expressed concern that food prices may go higher in 2025 if challenges facing farmers are not accorded due attention.
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In response to skyrocketing food prices, food consumers, traders, and farmers in Ibadan, Oyo State have raised concerns, urging the government at all levels to intervene promptly.
A Professor of Plant Pathology, Owolade Oluwaferanmi, on Wednesday, linked the activities of middlemen and market associations to the constant hike in food prices in Nigeria.
As bumper harvests are being recorded across parts of Nigeria, the anticipated effects on farm produce prices have been varied…
Some perishable food prices have crashed by about 50 per cent amid the ongoing nationwide hunger protest
The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), says prices of beans, tomatoes, irish potatoes, garri, yam and other food items witnessed significant price increases in June 2024.
“This means that in June 2024, the rate of increase in the average price level is higher than the rate of increase in the average price level in May 2024,” the agency said.
Some farmers in the FCT have attributed the continuous rise in food prices to lingering insecurity, the high cost of transportation and the paucity of farm inputs.
The significant price hikes in essential commodities such as rice, bread, sugar, garri, beef, and eggs have notably strained household budgets, making it increasingly difficult for many families to afford three meals a day.
Canteen and restaurant owners in Lagos State have decried the rising cost of beans as they seek the Federal Government’s intervention over the staple food.