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The report

Every week our desk walks into markets and asks the same three questions: what changed, what caused it, and how long do you expect it to hold? The answers are rarely dramatic, but they are specific, and that is what we publish. A trader who pays more for transport this month will tell you before any statement does. A shopper who swaps one staple for another will tell you what the swap costs. Between those two accounts sits most of the food story in Nigeria. What we look for. We look for the part of the story a reader can act on. Which market, which day, which item moved. When a policy is announced, we read the document rather than the summary, then ask what it changes for the person buying lunch tomorrow. Where a claim cannot be checked, we say so in the story instead of leaving it out. The sources behind this report. This report is built from what people told the desk directly, plus publicly available statements and documents. Where we name a source, we name them only with their permission. Where we cannot name someone, we say why. Documents that can be shared without putting anyone at risk are linked at the end of the story. Corrections. If we get something wrong, the correction is published on this page with the date it was made. Send it to the desk through the contact form and it will be read.

• What a trader, a farmer and a shopper told our desk this week — Food · Desk byline · 14 MayThree accounts from one week: what moved, what it cost, and what the people closest to it expect next. Sources are listed at the end of the report.

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This report was filed by the FoodlinkNews desk. FoodlinkNews is a news desk covering food, nutrition, politics and international happenings, and each story carries the date it was filed. If you believe something here is wrong, send the correction through the contact form; if we publish a change, we label it a correction and show the date.

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