FAO/GIEWS: Africa Report No.3 - December 2005 p.45

  NIGERIA

Aggregate cereal production in 2004 has been recently revised downward by national statistics services to about 16.27 million tonnes, a decrease of about 23 percent compared to 2003. Millet production is estimated to have decreased by 33 percent, while output of sorghum dropped by 36 percent, reflecting the impact of the dry spells that affected the northern part of the country (major sorghum and millet producing region) last year. In spite of increased imports of rice and wheat, per caput cereal consumption is estimated to have decreased significantly in 2005 reflecting the limited tradability of millet and sorghum, their low availability in neighbouring countries and the subsequent unusually high cereal prices observed across the region this year.