Prices of onions, one of the most commonly consumed vegetable in the country has surged by 171 perecent as scarcity hits markets across the country.
Seasonality and outbreak of diseases of the crop have reduced Nigeria’s stock level of dried onion bulbs which has forced prices to rise in Novemb
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Josephine Okojie-Okeiyi
Josephine Okojie-Okeiyi is a journalist with over five years’ reporting experience. She writes on industry, agriculture, commodities, climate change, and environmental issues.
She is fellow of Thomson Reuters Foundation and Bloomberg Media Initiative for Africa.
