Thousands of farmers in north contracted to grow tomatoes for a set price are shunning the crop this season after pests destroyed much of last year’s produce, leaving the processing factory set up by Aliko Dangote, Africa’s richest man, short of raw materials, Bloomberg reports. Established to process 1,200 metric tons of tomatoes each day […]
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Kano state government has awarded a sum of N200 million to farmers for tomato seedlings purchase to contain the tomato virus ‘tuta absoluta’ that ravaged tomato farmers in the state in 2015. The state Commissioner for Information, Malam Muhammad Garba stated this while briefing newsmen on the outcome of the weekly State Executive Council Meeting on […]
Read More The Chief Executive Officer of Erisco Foods Limited, Chief Eric Umeofia, has said every year, over 75 per cent of tomatoes harvested are wasted in the hands of farmers while Nigeria remains the largest importer of tomato paste in the world. He made the observation when he received the Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr. […]
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