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Growing global emphasis on food regulations for health and trade is compelling Nigeria to seek improvements to its food supply systems.

Growing global emphasis on food regulations for health and trade is compelling Nigeria to seek improving its food supply systems.

The West African nations of Côte d’Ivoire, The Gambia, Ghana, Nigeria, and Senegal are home to some of the largest cities in the region...

In June 2019, the Nigerian government formulated a new policy to invest some $500 million in expanded palm oil production.

Nigeria’s animal feed sector remains underdeveloped, largely due to high production costs.

Nigeria approves in January 2019, the commercial release of Pod-Borer Resistant Cowpea (PBRCowpea) event AAT709A. It also approves Bt. Cotton for commercialization....

FAS Lagos (Post) forecasts Nigeria’s wheat imports in MY 2019/20 at 5.6 MMT, up almost 4 percent compared to MY 2018/19 based on growing food, seed and industrial (FSI) usage.

FAS Lagos (Post) forecasts Nigeria’s domestic cane sugar production in marketing year (MY) 2019/20 (May-April) to reach 75,000 metric tons (MT) (raw value), down about 6 percent....

Nigeria’s wheat imports in marketing year (MY) 2018/19 are forecast at 5.4 million metric tons (MMT), up 4 percent from the MY 2017/18 import figure of 5.2 million metric tons.

Nigeria’s MY2018/19 wheat consumption is projected at 5 million tons, a 5 percent increase over last year’s.

Nigeria established the National Biosafety Management Agency (NBMA) in 2015 to regulate the country’s bio-technology law and provide oversight for utilizing and commercializing biotechnolog....

Nigeria’s wheat consumption continues to increase as prices of other major locally grown staples remain higher than those for wheat products.