Grains

Millet in Nigeria: prices and market analysis

Short-season grain of the far north, the first harvest after the hunger gap.

Prices updated 4 November 2026

Weather for

Colour: crop stage. Blue line: typical rainfall for Kano (1991–2020).

Nov · stage

Growing

Crop in the field: weeding, fertiliser, scouting for pests and disease.

Threats in Nov

Price by state

Weekly price per tonne in the main producing states. Pilot estimate, replace with NBS / field data.

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Week	Kano	Katsina	Sokoto	Bauchi
19 Aug	₦390k	₦393k	₦401k	₦414k
26 Aug	₦392k	₦400k	₦399k	₦414k
2 Sept	₦384k	₦392k	₦407k	₦413k
9 Sept	₦385k	₦396k	₦407k	₦412k
16 Sept	₦383k	₦389k	₦408k	₦414k
23 Sept	₦388k	₦398k	₦405k	₦407k
30 Sept	₦390k	₦389k	₦403k	₦413k
7 Oct	₦417k	₦419k	₦425k	₦439k
14 Oct	₦416k	₦419k	₦428k	₦442k
21 Oct	₦418k	₦415k	₦427k	₦435k
28 Oct	₦412k	₦424k	₦433k	₦436k
4 Nov	₦408k	₦425k	₦426k	₦439k

Price gap: 17%. Millet costs ₦408,000 a tonne in Kano and ₦476,000 in FCT. Buyers can save by sourcing from Kano; check the truck cost first.

The crop is in the field. Prices tend to hold or rise until the next harvest arrives.

Typical calendar and main producing states from public agronomy references; varies by zone and year.

Next 7 days, read against this month's crop stage. Live from Open-Meteo.

Kano
Dry spell
0 mm · 0 wet days · up to 37°C
Hot and dry while crops are in the field. Expect stress on yields; irrigate if you can.
Katsina
Dry spell
0 mm · 0 wet days · up to 37°C
Hot and dry while crops are in the field. Expect stress on yields; irrigate if you can.
Sokoto
Dry spell
0 mm · 0 wet days · up to 38°C
Hot and dry while crops are in the field. Expect stress on yields; irrigate if you can.
Bauchi
Dry spell
0 mm · 0 wet days · up to 35°C
Hot and dry while crops are in the field. Expect stress on yields; irrigate if you can.
Borno
Dry spell
0 mm · 0 wet days · up to 38°C
Hot and dry while crops are in the field. Expect stress on yields; irrigate if you can.
Jigawa
Dry spell
0 mm · 0 wet days · up to 36°C
Hot and dry while crops are in the field. Expect stress on yields; irrigate if you can.

Kano, Katsina, Sokoto, Bauchi, Borno, Jigawa, Zamfara, Kebbi

Gero (early), Maiwa (late)

Store threshed grain dry; heads can be stored unthreshed in ventilated granaries.

Drought	High	Grown at the dry edge of the farming zone; rains matter most.
Downy mildew	Medium	A disease that stunts plants in wet years.

Typical calendar and main producing states from public agronomy references; varies by zone and year.

Pearl (gero) · Grade A

₦42,000 / 100 kg bag

₦1,090/mudu · ₦420,000/t · 4 t available