Nigeria: High Fertiliser Cost – Farmers Dump Rice, Maize Cultivation

There may be another food security crisis in the country due to the rising cost of fertiliser.

Farmers and their associations, who spoke to Daily Trust, said the cost of fertilisers is not within their reach.

This is despite the recent claim by the federal government that it had distributed fertilisers free of charge to farmers nationwide to support cultivation and improve yields.

The Minister of Agriculture and Food Security, Abubakar Kyari, in a statement released on June 22, 2025, said: “The…