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How Grasshoppers Sustain Families in Northern Nigeria
May 5, 2026
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Every morning at Wulari, Maiduguri, Borno State, Nigeria, the air fills with the rich aroma of freshly fried, crispy grasshoppers. At a small roadside stand, a long row of customers forms even before the first batch of the day is ready. Ayuba Naomi has spent almost her entire life in the grasshopper trade. ‘Grasshoppers are widely eaten. Our customers have increased.
We send packages to places like Abuja, Lagos, Kano, or even countries like Saudi Arabia and the United Kingdom. When we get many orders, especially from customers outside Maiduguri, we could sell about three bags in a day’, she told FairPlanet while sprinkling chili powder on a fresh portion for the first customer in line. Grasshoppers are insects in the order Orthoptera and more than 10,000 species exist, many of ...
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