Nigeria has stepped up efforts to reclaim its place among the world’s leading cocoa producers, positioning the crop as a ...

Export bans are among the most visible forms of protectionist food policy. Across Africa and beyond, governments have ...

Nigeria issues a temporary ban on the export of raw shea nut to boost profits. Nigeria has imposed a six-month ban on raw shea nut exports to strengthen its position as a global supplier of the key ...

Stakeholders in the agricultural sector have bemoaned that Nigeria continues to lose an estimated N543.75bn annually in foreign exchange due to the ban on bean exportation. The concern was expressed ...

LAGOS – Nigeria's government has banned the export of raw shea nuts, an essential raw material in many cosmetic products, in a bid to grow the country into a global supplier of refined shea butter and ...

Nigeria’s non-oil export earnings rose to a record $6.1 billion last year, marking an 11.5 percent increase from the $5.4 billion recorded in 2024 and reinforcing the country’s long-running push to ...

Nigeria is intensifying efforts to become a global player in livestock exports as part of its wider push to diversify the economy away from oil. A joint study by the UN Food and Agriculture ...