tomatoes

The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Mohammad Abubakar, has said Nigeria is currently missing out among tomato exporting nations, despite being rated one of the leading producers of tomatoes in Africa. Speaking at the launch…

No fewer than three hundred rural women of Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), have received improved skills in processing and preservation of tomatoes using the very effective hot bottle technique, aimed at ensuring nutrition…

In a bid to address challenges faced by tomatoes farmers, a global leading company in the production and exportation of phosphate-based fertilizers, OCP Africa, has deepened its partnership with Syngenta Foundation for…

Tomato farmers in Plateau State have been counting losses as an unknown disease is destroying most of their crops. The situation, they said, was affecting their expected yields. Some of the farmers said they had applied all…

In 2017, the Federal Executive Council (FEC) announced a new National Tomato Policy. FEC also increased the import duty from 5 to 50 per cent, which was meant to encourage processors to source their fresh tomatoes locally. In addition,…

Nigeria imported a total of 105,000 metric tons of tomatoes valued at over N16 billion between 2018 and 2020, the Nigerian Stored Products Research Institute (NSPRI) has revealed. The Institute made this disclosure during the North…