National Agric survey reports high food output for year 2025

The recently released national report on agriculture performance for the 2025 wet season has indicated steady growth in light of food production with drop in prices despite challenges.

The Executive Director ( ED), National Agricultural Extension and Research Liaison Services ( NAERLS), Prof. Yufus Sani Ahmad unveiled this report on Tuesday at Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security ( FMAFS) headquarters in Abuja.

Prof. Yufus Sani Ahmad said that Nigeria agriculture recorded steady growth in the 2025 wet season with a significant increase in food production, and a nationwide drop in food prices.

Ahmad added that staple crops like rice, maize, sorghum, millet, cowpea, yam and cassava were increasingly produced as against 2024 to stabilize food availability across the country.

The survey also showed a sharp decline in food prices with over 50% in maize, rice and sorghum across all the six geopolitical zones of the federation.

Also the report warned against climate-related shocks and flooding with rising cost of inputs that are posing a serious threat to food security.

While crops output improved, the survey noted that fertilizer prices increased by nearly 20 percent as flooding in Niger, Jigawa, and several southern states destroyed crops and farming infrastructure.

Also the livestock and fisheries sub-sectors, according to the report, experienced setback that was caused by newcastle disease which notably affected poultry as the African swine fever hit pig farms.

Fish production also declined in the report, especially in parts of the north, due to insecurity and flooding.

Responding to the presented report, the Minister of FMAFS, Sen. Abubarka Kyari said that all the findings would be used as a compass for future action to ensure food security saying that " The APS findings present both encouraging progress and critical challenges". He added that the ministry would utilize the statistical information for sustainable food action.

Kyari reiterated government interventions through inputs and mechanization supply, pointing out that all the efforts had contributed positively to the growth in staple foods, just as he posited the need to address areas of challenge.

He however commended a remarkable improvement the sector recorded in agricultural mechanization in the survey recording over 1,600 functional tractors nationwide, saying that the farm family census and tractor census were introduced to provide more robust planning data to food security.