EXPORTABLE FOOD STUFF AND                                      PRODUCTS IN NIGERIA

The demand for African foodstuffs in Europe and America is rising due to increasing number of Africans, particularly Nigerians who sojourn to these countries for the proverbial greener pastures. There are many small foodstuffs exporters in the West African sub region who depend on middlemen to export their produce in small quantities and sell to consumers or retailers running ethnic shops in the US and Europe.

The volume of Nigerian export of foodstuffs to these countries is still on a very small scale considering the estimation of well over 20 million Nigerians who reside outside the country, with the majority, living in the UK and the US. This is a great opportunity to sell to this category of people. The few exporters of African foodstuffs cannot meet with the demand of Nigerians whose population is increasing everyday abroad.

Some of the exportable foodstuffs are: 

smoked fish

garri, 

beansflour

melon seed

ogbono

cassava flour

bitter leaf

dried pumpkin leaf

palm wine

butter production

coconut processing

 pepper

tomato paste

hibiscus flower

yoghurt

 pap

other vegetable leaves

hot chilli pepper

And even agro produces like 

sesame seeds

cashew nuts

ginger and garlic, etc.