Investors are calling for urgent production subsidies to avert a worsening food-supply crisis in 2026 in the face of mounting farmers’ losses.
Soaring input costs and falling farm-gate prices, now below the economic cost of production, have left many farmers unable to break even, threatening food security and wiping out returns on investment.
The country’s output of key staples declined in 2025 as farmers faced pressure from rising input costs, which eroded their profits.
Nigeria had to depe
…Surging imports erode profits
Investors are calling for urgent production subsidies to avert a worsening food-supply crisis in 2026 in the face of mounting farmers’ losses.
Soaring input costs and falling farm-gate prices, now below the economic cost of production, have left many farmers unable to break even, threatening food security and wiping out returns on investment.
The country’s output of key staples declined in 2025 as farmers faced pressure from rising input costs, which eroded their profits.
Nigeria had to depe
