Department of Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics Food Security Group

All along the supply chain for fish production in Nigeria, there is increasing concern about food safety. In 2022, RSM2SNF carried out a perception study in Nigeria to understand stakeholder perceptions about the country’s food systems and particularly for the fish subsector. This survey found evidence of a clear preference
for efforts to bring down food prices rather than improve food safety. Initiatives such as monitoring of
food system actors and the provision of hygiene-related infrastructure were given less priority. While the
focus on food affordability is not surprising in a context of high food prices and low food security, the
study highlighted the need for greater sensitization around the importance of food safety and hygiene,
which is a pressing concern in Nigeria (Wineman and Liverpool-Tasie, 2022).