elhafeez:
Today i went to Giwa market in Giwa local government of Kaduna state to purchase food stuff. I was impressed and proud of Nigerian farmers. They truly had à bumper harvest. you would find thousand of bags of different produce from maize, millet, rice, soya beans. The sad side of thé story is the price of these products are on thé high side. They keep increasing every week.
A bag of maize goes for 13,000 last month it was 11,000
A bag of maize for pop corn is sold for 15,000
Beans prices range from 19,000 - 23,000 à bag
Soghourm goes for 16,000 Per bag
millet goes for 12,800

Finally i Wonder why the prices of thèse product keep increasing even with thé large supply of thèse products available. It's seems like the forces of demand and supply dont work in Nigerian market.

bolseas:
cost of labour, machinery deployed to clear, plant, harvest, packaging, transportation, maintenance, etc of the produce could result to the high prices.

Abduljohn:
Nigeria is blessed and rich in agriculture but the problem is still the wide difference between the elite and farmers. Farming is presented as not being lucrative compared to white collar job and you cant compare the stress involved in both. The best way to give more to the farmers is by recognising their work beyond poverty more reason why prices will keep growing.

SirHouloo:
Our coexistence as a nation has more advantages than the disadvantages.
NaijaDelta no go drink crude oil,
Even the northerners can't cook without palm oil from east.
Just like Buhari wouldn't have become a president without the backing of Tinubu from the west.

Momoney77:
I saw maize for pop-corn there, Please is pop-corn cultivated in Nigeria?

charlesadams926:
lol... Dont be fooled by the very many bags, these quantity can't even feed Lagos..... you need to see an American silo...

johnreh:
this is just one in hundreds of markets scattered all over the country. Nigeria really blessed with excess of abundance, only problem with Nigeria is Nigerians!!!

elhafeez:


Yes.

Abduljohn:
Nigeria is blessed and rich in agriculture but the problem is still the wide difference between the elite and farmers. Farming is presented as not being lucrative compared to white collar job and you cant compare the stress involved in both. The best way to give more to the farmers is by recognising their work beyond poverty more reason why prices will keep growing.

Momoney77:


i never knew, do you have any link or is there any thread where its fully discussed?

elhafeez:


No I don't. But I have planted it before. It grows exactly like make the difference is in the size. it's smaller.

elhafeez:
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EmmaOgbu:
It's not by farming, means of transportation to the consumers is d real issue. The farmers alone cannot finish their products. The government should provide means for transportation and storage.

Btruth:
But unfortunately the government cannot control the price of all the produce to reach the market at a reasonable price for the masses. Though, the cost of haulage, the tariff of produce people on the highway and the un-ending demands of the police charges from the motorist to has contributed to the high cost in those food stuffs.

It will be advisable if our government can help control all this, and moreover, all the major roads needs to be fix too. Imagine a truck coming from Kaduna to Lagos will needs to go through Abuja, Lokoja, Okene down to Onda state, instead of going through Mokera, Mokwa, Jebba to ilorin down to Lagos.

Nigeria indeed has a long way to go.

SirHouloo:
Our coexistence as a nation has more advantages than the disadvantages.
NaijaDelta no go drink crude oil,
Even the northerners can't cook without palm oil from the east.
Just like Buhari wouldn't have become a president without the backing of Tinubu from the west.