People walk past baskets of tomatoes in the Yankaba market in Kano

Wastages in tomatoes value chain cost Nigeria $15bn post-harvest losses

Inadequate storage, processing facilities and wastages in tomatoes value chain, cost Nigeria about $15 billion post-harvest losses annually. Nigeria is Africa’s second largest producer of tomatoes with nearly 2 million tonnes annually, yet up to 40 per cent of the crop never makes it to market, impacting food security and smallholder farmers’ incomes. However, stakeholders […]

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Dangote Tomatoes: Production stopped due to ‘lack of fresh produce’

The Managing Director of Dangote Tomato Processing Factory, Kadawa, Kano State, Alhaji Abdulkarim Kaita, says the company is relying on local fresh tomatoes as raw materials for its operations. Kaita, in a statement in Kano on Friday, said the factory did not require any foreign exchange to import its raw materials. He urged members of […]

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