A Staple Slips Out of Reach ACROSS Nigeria, eggs—once a reliable and affordable protein source—are gradually disappearing from household menus as prices surge to record levels. For families like that of Isioma, a teenager in a low-income household, the change has been stark. Meals that once featured eggs regularly are now rationed or eliminated altogether, […]
A Poultry Industry Under Strain NIGERIA’S poultry sector is facing a deepening crisis as the price of day-old chicks (DOCs) surges to as high as ₦3,000, threatening the stability of egg production across the country. What appears on the surface as a routine price fluctuation has, in reality, exposed structural weaknesses in the poultry value […]
Farmers Link Egg Scarcity to Chick Supply Crisis POULTRY farmers have attributed the rising cost and growing scarcity of eggs in Nigeria to a shortage of day-old chicks (DOCs), a key input in egg production. At the farm gate, a crate of eggs now sells for about ₦5,500, up from ₦5,000 recorded in January. Prices […]