POTATOES AFRICA
Country

Nigeria

About Nigeria's potato sector

Evergreen profile — production regions, growing seasons, leading varieties, processing capacity and the crop's role in the economy. Replace this panel with editorial copy.

Sacks of freshly harvested potatoes for sale at a Nigerian market.
Trade & markets

Production costs and tight supply push Nigeria's potato prices higher

12 Jun 2026
Soundararadjane S, CEO of HyFarm (HyFun Foods) and a World Potato Congress 2026 speaker from India.
Processing

Soundararadjane S: India's potato-processing story and its lessons for Africa

12 Jun 2026
Seed potatoes sorted into trays for grading
Seed systems

The Seed Reckoning: Africa's potato seed gap, by the numbers

10 Jun 2026
Researcher inspecting potato plants in a disease-screening trial
Climate & disease

The 30-year hunt for a blight-proof potato reaches Africa's fields

08 Jun 2026
Smallholder potato plots on the Jos Plateau in Nigeria
Production

Plateau State wants to triple potato yields. Seed is the test.

08 Jun 2026
Frozen french fries moving along a processing line
Processing

The fry frontier: why global processors are circling African potatoes

06 Jun 2026