Poultry and Egg Production in Nigeria Explained

Poultry is one of Nigeria’s biggest agribusinesses, feeding huge demand for chicken and eggs — but its costs are tied to the dollar through imported feed inputs and day-old chicks. That links it to the exchange rate and food prices.

From farm to export

• Farming and harvest — birds raised on commercial and small farms.
• Processing — fed on maize and soybean meal (feed is the big cost).
• Export — meat and eggs sold mostly locally, in dollars.

Why dollars matter to farmers

Because feed and some inputs are dollar-exposed, a weaker naira raises production costs — the same force behind maize and soybean. Growing local maize and soybean supply softens that; for now, poultry economics track the exchange rate closely.