Ifpri

Analysis done by the International Food Policy Research Institute (Ifpri) shows that fertilizer subsidies have failed to enable most households.

Ifpri data shows that by the end of April, new maize was retailing below the minimum farm-gate price across the Northern and Central regions and in seven of the 15 monitored markets in the Southern Region.

The Nigerian chapter of the International Food Policy Research Institute, IFPRI, says that the six-week lockdown between April and May this year zapped $16bn loss to our GDP.

Agriculture Minister Yeshey Penjor and the director general for the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), Dr Sheggen Fan, launched the report yesterday.

As part of the latest study, researchers at the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) say, affordability of both healthy and unhealthy foods varies significantly and systematically around the world.