Rice, Beans, Tomato Jerked Up December’s Inflation   The eight-month reduction in Nigeria’s inflation was broken in December following a 0.23 percentage point increase as a result of the movement in the prices of mainly rice, bean and tomato. Economic Confidential had reported that the 15.63 inflation...

Tomato Import Gulped N16bn In Two Years – NSPRI       The Nigerian Stored Products Research Institute (NSPRI) has disclosed that between 2018 and 2020 Nigeria imported a total of 105,000 metric tonnes of tomato valued at over N16 billion to bridge the deficit gap between supply...

Shortfall In Tomato Production Now 700,000MT     The shortfall in the production of tomato in Nigeria currently stands at 700,000 metric tonnes, the National Horticultural Research Institute has declared. According to the institute, Nigeria currently produces 2.3 million metric tonnes of tomato in contrast to 1.8 million...