This dataset shows how much of seven staple foods — rice, maize, cassava, yam, cowpea, onion and tomato — is consumed in each of Nigeria's six geopolitical zones, measured both per person and per household per year. If you sell, process, or distribute food in Nigeria, it helps you answer practical questions: where demand for your product is strongest, how pack sizes should differ between regions with large households (7.9 people in the North East) and smaller ones (4.3 in the South East), and which zones to prioritise for expansion.
The patterns are sharply regional. Maize consumption in the North East (186 kg per person per year) dwarfs the South East (well under 40 kg per household), while cassava and yam dominate southern zones. A rice trader, a tomato paste brand, and a cassava processor would each target very different zones — this data makes those differences concrete.
A third tab translates consumption into land requirements: how many hectares per year are needed to grow each food item per person and per household in each zone. Combined with the zone profiles (total land area, cropland area, 2016 population, household size, and major ethnic groups), this supports decisions on where to invest in farming, where cropland is scarce relative to demand, and where food must be brought in from other regions — a signal for logistics and trading opportunities. A sources tab documents where the figures come from.
