Agri-Digest delivers concise, practical updates on key developments across agriculture. From policy and innovation to markets, expert insights, and sector opportunities, each edition keeps you informed and connected to what matters most.

Can Agriculture Drive Nigeria’s Economic Recovery?

As pressure mounts on Nigeria’s economy, agriculture is back in focus. This edition tracks the innovations, risks, and reforms that could determine its impact.

Climate Risks, Carbon Markets and the Fight for Food Security

FSSS calls for urgent anti-deforestation action as new data reveals widespread land degradation in Northern Nigeria. This edition also tracks a major carbon credit deal in India, rising heat threats to wheat farming in Kano, and the growing financing gap leaving millions of hectares uncultivated.

Nigeria’s Fertiliser Exports Rise as Access Gaps Persist

Africa’s agrochemical market is expanding, but access gaps remain. Nigeria’s fertiliser exports are rising, yet smallholders still struggle to benefit. This edition breaks down the numbers, trends, and what they mean for the sector.

Cassava Shortfalls Expose Supply Gaps as Africa Bets on Agritech Growth

Nigeria’s cassava industry faces a supply crunch as factories run below capacity, while Kogi stabilises cashew prices and agritech momentum builds across Africa.

Nigeria Poultry Row Deepens as New Breed Emerges

Nigeria’s poultry sector faces fresh tensions as farmers resist a $900m China-backed deal, even as a new indigenous breed promises productivity gains. We also track export losses, AGROW funding, and global policy shifts shaping agriculture.

Nigeria’s Cowpea Breakthrough and Major Agri Investments

The 10th edition of Agri-Digest covers stories on Nigerian researchers unlocking Striga-resistant cowpea varieties as new investments pours into dairy and poultry sector, signalling shifts across the food system and many more stories.

Egg Supply Tightens As Chick Prices Jump 67% In Nigeria

Nigeria’s poultry sector faces a supply squeeze as chick prices surge 67%, raising concerns over egg shortages. This edition also tracks carbon finance innovation, cocoa pricing tensions and new agribusiness reforms.

Iran War Sparks Fertiliser Fears, Nigeria’s ₦1.44trn Food Imports Surge

Rising geopolitical tensions threaten fertiliser supply just as Nigeria’s food imports surge. This week’s Agri-Digest tracks the risks shaping agriculture and food systems.

Nigeria Moves to Reform Farm Insurance as ₦250bn Credit Opens for Smallholders

Nigeria is moving to overhaul agricultural insurance while opening a ₦250 billion credit facility for smallholder farmers. This edition also tracks hybrid wheat innovation, new agribusiness financing deals and major investment signals shaping African agriculture.

Land, Livestock and Legitimacy: What This Week’s Agri Shifts Really Mean

This week’s Agri-Digest examines how agriculture is colliding with history, capital, and climate across Africa. From Kenya’s Solai land controversy to Nigeria’s livestock investment boom and fresh global pushes for nature-positive farming, we ask a simple but urgent question: who really benefits when agriculture scales?

Accelerating Smallholder Farmers Growth.