Nigeria’s wheat production is currently estimated at about 300,000 metric tonnes, whereas demand is 5 million metric tonnes.
Nigeria’s year-on-year wheat importation has risen by 47.4 percent as prices of close substitutes - garri and rice spike at a faster pace, making semolina, pasta and noodles form a regular part of meals in most urban and rural households across the country.
Data from the National Bureau of Stat
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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.
