How Nigerian Farmers Count Their Losses As Prices Keep Dropping

Nigeria Daily

Nigeria Daily
How Nigerian Farmers Count Their Losses As Prices Keep Dropping
Aug 22, 2025
Daniel Oluwole


Farmers across Nigeria are lamenting huge losses – after spending heavily on seeds, fertilizer, fuel, and labour, only to sell their produce at falling prices.

 
While buyers enjoy cheaper food and traders struggle to stay afloat, farmers say their sweat and investment have been wasted. 

This crisis exposes the widening gap between farm costs and market returns, raising serious questions about Nigeria’s food security.

Join us on this episode of Nigeria Daily as we explore this and more.