Nigeria’s Higher Corn Yields Compensates for Lowest Farm Area Since 2010
- Rising input costs and violence in growing areas deter farmers
- Nigeria covers for lower production elsewhere in Africa
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Nigeria’s higher corn yields will likely compensate for the smallest area under the crop in nearly 15 years, as rising input costs, violence and instability in the West African nation pushes away growers.
Yields in the second week of August in Katsina State, the second largest corn growing area in the country, were at the best levels since 2019, according to data from the Mantle Labs Crop Conditions Index, which uses satellite data and AI to assess the crops. Crop health in some other areas is either flat or just slightly lower.