Authors: Catherine Ragasa, Opeyemi Olanrewaju, Oliver. K. Kirui, Pwagalari Bwato, and Mariam Ajadee Nigeria's smallholder farmers face a difficult mix: unpredictable weather, volatile markets, rising input costs, and an extension service that cannot reach everyone. Digital platforms promise to help close that gap, delivering advice, prices and weather information faster and further than conventional extension […]
How Plastic Waste Is Disrupting Nigeria’s Circular Agricultural Systems
Travelling from Sokoto to Zamfara State in northwestern Nigeria, plastic waste is impossible to ignore – bags snagged on acacia branches, water sachets choking roadside drains, uncollected refuse piled at the edges of towns and even farmlands. This sanitation problem, seen through a food system’s lens, reflects a broader national challenge. Plastic pollution is a […]
Towards Sustainable, Accountable, and Scalable, Home-Grown School Feeding in Nigeria
Background School feeding is a social protection intervention whose impact cuts across several dimensions of child wellbeing, including nutrition, health, schooling, and learning outcomes. It can also serve as a means of livelihood when designed in a way that connects with the local economy. On August 12, 2026, the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) […]
Assessing Digital Payments within Agri-Food Value Chains in the Aftermath of Nigeria’s Cash Crunch
Near the end of 2022, the Central Bank of Nigeria began withdrawing old Naira notes from circulation as part of a redesign of the currency. With the slow distribution of new notes, Nigeria experienced a cash shortage. Between December 2022 and January 2023, the amount of currency in circulation fell by nearly 2 trillion Naira. […]
Building Better Data, Better Policies: Training a New Generation of Youth Enumerators in Northern Nigeria
Good policies depend on good data. When governments and development partners design youth employment programs, social protection schemes, or education investments, they rely on evidence about how young people actually live, work, study, and move. If the data is incomplete, biased, or poorly collected, the resulting policies can miss their targets, and scarce resources may […]
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