Tag: Tomato
Tuta Absoluta virus hits tomato farms, drives up prices across Nigeria
Tomato growers have expressed concern over the recent Tuta Absoluta virus infestation of the crops currently affecting the price of…
3,000 Kano farmers to benefit from tomato preservation initiative
No fewer than 3,000 farmers are to benefit from Kano Post-Harvest Hub initiative of an NGO, Pyxera Global YieldWise Nigeria,…
Minister inaugurates tomato monitoring team
Hajia Aisha Abubakar, the Minister of State, Industry, Trade and Investment, on Monday inaugurated a tomato monitoring team to oversee…
Kcee Addresses Imitators Of His ‘Tomato Paste’ Brand
Entertainment singer and ''Limpopo'' crooner Kcee, has a message for those circulating malicious stories on social media about his ‘Five…
Importers frustrating FG’s tomato policy – Stakeholders
Stakeholders in the agriculture sector say Nigeria is yet to feel the impact of the tomato policy six months after…
World Bank, EU empower youths on tomatoes farming
The State Employment and Expenditure For Results Project (SEEFOR), an intervention project of the World Bank and European Union (EU),…
Institute to set up tomato processing plants in northern states
The National Research Institute for Chemical Technology (NARICT) says plans are underway to establish tomato processing plants in the northern…
Dangote suspends tomato paste production
Scarcity of tomatoes has forced the newly established Dangote Tomato Processing Factory in Kadawa, Kano State, to suspend production. Managing…
N350 tomato now sells for N3,500
The prices of tomatoes have gone up by 1,000 per cent in Jos and environs in Plateau, a market survey…