Tomato Prices Drop by 58% as Harvest Commences Families which switched from tomato to other alternatives may need to return to their favourite fruit as prices have dropped to seven-month low on the commencement of a new harvest season and the July/August rain break. Tomato prices...

Rice, Garri, Tomatoes Prices Rise 141% in a Year – NBS The average price of rice, garri and tomatoes rose 141 percent in one year, the highest yearly increase for the period, according to data from the selected food price report. The data shows that the...

Beans, Tomatoes, Rice Record 253%, 123%, 51% Price Hike       The cost of food items in Nigeria has been recording significant increases in the past one year. A survey carried out by our correspondents in markets across Lagos, Ogun and Federal Capital Territory showed that staple food...

Yuletide: Prices Of Tomatoes, Others Rise By 7.8% Prices of four food items including tomatoes, yam, rice, agric eggs and local eggs increased by 7.8 per in November data from the National Bureau of Statistics have shown. The NBS in its selected food price watch for...

Again, Dangote Tomato Processing Factory Shut Down   The Dangote tomato processing factory located in Kano is said to be idle at the moment. The Bloomberg reported that the farmers engaged to supply the factory with raw materials abandoned tomato farming at the start of the rainy...

Tomatoes: Nigeria Suffers $15bn Post-Harvest Losses The continued inadequacy in storage, processing facilities and wastage 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...