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Re: Tomatoes The New Gold In Town: Nairalanders Becomes Tomato Importers by redcliff: 6:49pm On May 10, 2016 |
mrsage: Actually he said the truth although its bitter and this is why you are castigating him. When i read this first i was angry that 1. Why does Tomatoes have to be scarce and expensive in nigeria 2. That the economy has gotten very bad to the point that tomatoes ordinary edible is now gold... 6 Likes |
Re: Tomatoes The New Gold In Town: Nairalanders Becomes Tomato Importers by bigx(m): 6:52pm On May 10, 2016 |
For those suggesting he plants hope you know there was a tomato glut just a few months ago? This means the supply capacity we have is already too much. Our issue is with storage. This post is about spotting opportunity and moving fast to take advantage. "Celebrities" and co have been crying for tomato all along, no one ever did anything to solve the supply constraint and benefit. 8 Likes |
Re: Tomatoes The New Gold In Town: Nairalanders Becomes Tomato Importers by kafeii123: 6:54pm On May 10, 2016 |
Onegai: You this geh! At the mention of "money" onegai must appear 1 Like |
Re: Tomatoes The New Gold In Town: Nairalanders Becomes Tomato Importers by kevoh(m): 6:57pm On May 10, 2016 |
onoja12:You can make your points without unnecessary insults, we are all here to learn one or two. I normally would have engaged you on your propanganda/conspiracy theories but posting comments filled with insults like this shows the kind of person I am about to engage in a discussion.Sadly, I already feel like I am having a discussion with a loud Lagos park tout. I will take the other lane instead, thank you and bye. 6 Likes |
Re: Tomatoes The New Gold In Town: Nairalanders Becomes Tomato Importers by onoja12: 7:04pm On May 10, 2016 |
are you done,you have proven the point early stated,you have little brains,but i have no business with you,if you like take the education i have given to you and leave longer,if you dont like ignore it and spend your money on cancer treatment,with bill gate special(pains) since you worship him.like you said do have a nice day kevoh: |
Re: Tomatoes The New Gold In Town: Nairalanders Becomes Tomato Importers by kafeii123: 7:05pm On May 10, 2016 |
stainlex: Ok. Thanks |
Re: Tomatoes The New Gold In Town: Nairalanders Becomes Tomato Importers by Ajgal10(f): 7:14pm On May 10, 2016 |
Beautiful tale, i love d nagivation, if you had known earlier from Jos you would have headed for Makurdi, spent the nite in Benue, headed for Ikom through makurdi.It is a 3-4hrs drive. Btw can we get a basket to buy from the source? For household consumption.Resident in festac and tomato is indeed Gold now. 1 Like |
Re: Tomatoes The New Gold In Town: Nairalanders Becomes Tomato Importers by redcliff: 7:21pm On May 10, 2016 |
MaziOmenuko: When you say preserve tomatoes is it in cans or in the state it came from the farm? If its the state it came from the farm then i doubt if its very possible.. 1 Like |
Re: Tomatoes The New Gold In Town: Nairalanders Becomes Tomato Importers by kayjegs: 7:21pm On May 10, 2016 |
bigx: How come he is getting the market to sell tomatoes to? Where are the tomatoes in Nigeria then? No matter what, it is advisable to plant these products here. Combining this with Ymodulus' business acumen, you will always get markets for your produce. |
Re: Tomatoes The New Gold In Town: Nairalanders Becomes Tomato Importers by mployer(m): 7:31pm On May 10, 2016 |
HiDee2: No problem bro |
Re: Tomatoes The New Gold In Town: Nairalanders Becomes Tomato Importers by Onegai(f): 7:35pm On May 10, 2016 |
kafeii123: But would you prefer me to appear at the mention of Snake, Olajumoke, Tiwa, Teebillz, Tonto Dike, IPOB, Buhari....mehnnn the list of topics on FrontPage is endless 6 Likes |
Re: Tomatoes The New Gold In Town: Nairalanders Becomes Tomato Importers by Onegai(f): 7:42pm On May 10, 2016 |
onatisi: Onatisi, greenhouses are expensive to build and run in Nigeria and require a longterm investment. So we would need backers who are not looking for an immediate return on investment. MaziOmenuko, I have an idea. I'm not an Agricultura person but an idea person. Let me think on a few days and get back to you on your challenge. |
Re: Tomatoes The New Gold In Town: Nairalanders Becomes Tomato Importers by MaziOmenuko: 7:57pm On May 10, 2016 |
Onegai: Please do send me the idea. I've received 2 already and it's not inspiring at all. How can a Nigerian think of refrigerating tomatoes? How is he even going to power the cold room? Please make consultations and get back to me. |
Re: Tomatoes The New Gold In Town: Nairalanders Becomes Tomato Importers by MaziOmenuko: 8:04pm On May 10, 2016 |
redcliff: Yes, I am talking about the 'impossible'. Fruits and vegetables are available all round the year in foreign countries, what are they using? 2 Likes |
Re: Tomatoes The New Gold In Town: Nairalanders Becomes Tomato Importers by redcliff: 8:08pm On May 10, 2016 |
MaziOmenuko: Bro i strongly strongly doubt. If you should know im not in nigeria. Some so called fruits have their seasons too. If its in can fresh to an extent fine. But its always not the same as the one from the farm impossible! 1 Like |
Re: Tomatoes The New Gold In Town: Nairalanders Becomes Tomato Importers by ExplicitContent: 8:12pm On May 10, 2016 |
Ajgal10:Markudi to ikom is not a 3-4 hrs drive miss |
Re: Tomatoes The New Gold In Town: Nairalanders Becomes Tomato Importers by sonnie10: 8:13pm On May 10, 2016 |
MaziOmenuko: Here is my solution; I know you are talking about storage but I have an alternative solution. Nigeria is blessed with different vegetation; soil types and and relatively different weather. If tomatoes is still being produced at Cameroon at this time of the year, I don't see any reason why it would not do well at the bordering towns like Ikom in northern cross river and Ikang in southern cross river state. It is just a matter of trying it out. In these places, you can lease acres of land for almost nothing. The plan here is to time the harvesting to fall within this time of the year. If it works, then you have discovered a gold mine. You can start by cultivating just one plot of land. 9 Likes 1 Share |
Re: Tomatoes The New Gold In Town: Nairalanders Becomes Tomato Importers by freemile2ru: 8:37pm On May 10, 2016 |
Mr ymodulus, although I understand you are a very busy man with so much day to day schedule/activities. But I will only plead with you to not only be an inspiration to us, but also as a mentor by trying to carry a team of us along so we can learn from u directly and seek advice. Thank u. Please form a whatsapp group or even your own business school. 2 Likes |
Re: Tomatoes The New Gold In Town: Nairalanders Becomes Tomato Importers by agarawu23(m): 8:58pm On May 10, 2016 |
x240:i have been wondering too cos i blv he will also be buying with black market rate. Everyone likes to make profit but as ymodules dey tell us make me wants to board the next flight to cameroon but i know what i am reading will be different from reality. 3 Likes |
Re: Tomatoes The New Gold In Town: Nairalanders Becomes Tomato Importers by masqot(m): 9:11pm On May 10, 2016 |
Ymodulus:you, the BULL∆ meehn! |
Re: Tomatoes The New Gold In Town: Nairalanders Becomes Tomato Importers by wirinet(m): 9:12pm On May 10, 2016 |
onatisi: You guys living abroad need to come home from time to time, you people seem to have lost touch with reality of the Nigerian situation. The current tomato scarcity is an aberration. Tomato like other fruits and food commodities are seasonal, during the season there is a glut in the market and the price is very cheap, while during off season, the price often goes through the roof. Although tomato is often more expensive at the middle of the rainy season, it had never been this expensive. I am sure there are other extraneous factors responsible for this level of scarcity, some say it is the lack of rains during this season, others says Dangote has cleaned the available tomato from the market to feed his newly built tomato processing plant. It is the same situation with onions, palm oil, corn, plantain (the cost of plantain presently is outrageous), etc. During a glut, you can buy a small basket of onions at N200, but off season, you will buy a small onion at N100 each. During the season, i hear a basket of tomato is not more than N500 at the farms, but off season it can go as high as 6,000. If you invest heavily in tomato farming now, by the time you harvest, there might be a glut in the market and might find it hard breaking even, after you consider the cost of harvesting, packing and transportation from the farms to the packaging areas and markets. Ymodulus is just an opportunist, he saw an opportunity and is exploiting it. The opportunity might no be there in 3 month's time. The problem is our present farming technology is archaic and does not allow all year farming. 13 Likes |
Re: Tomatoes The New Gold In Town: Nairalanders Becomes Tomato Importers by Nobody: 9:14pm On May 10, 2016 |
kelsidengkucio: Leave am make he dey Bobo people. Na so he easy reach. 2 Likes |
Re: Tomatoes The New Gold In Town: Nairalanders Becomes Tomato Importers by Nobody: 9:21pm On May 10, 2016 |
frankzone: And I work in a firm that audits financial institutions, banks, and allied institutions . I am trained to detect bullshit and I call this tale bullshit. Local transfers to which BDC? The BDC in Nigeria or in Cameroun. If in Nigeria, how do you ferry 76million naira or whatever Cameroun spends across the border? I do FX transactions with dorm accounts, cards and underground channels and you would be a maestro to move such cash around. Do you know what money laundering even is? Do you know why most people rich people buy artworks, Jewelries , diamonds and so on? It is because you cannot possibly move cash around with such ease. People who buy from China use domiciliary accounts to push such large funds and they take 3 business days minimum. 5 Likes |
Re: Tomatoes The New Gold In Town: Nairalanders Becomes Tomato Importers by Nobody: 9:45pm On May 10, 2016 |
Glad to see saner heads prevailing. Like anyone I wouldn't turn down the chance to make a quick buck, but c'mon. Honestly OP doesn't sound like someone who can move 76 million, by himself or by proxy. Sketchy tale and wads of dirty 1000naira notes floating about. I call bullshit too. 2 Likes |
Re: Tomatoes The New Gold In Town: Nairalanders Becomes Tomato Importers by jendy36(m): 9:59pm On May 10, 2016 |
Ymodulus: With people like you bro, I still remain loyal to Nairaland.... I love your business mindset... keep it up bro |
Re: Tomatoes The New Gold In Town: Nairalanders Becomes Tomato Importers by Nobody: 10:01pm On May 10, 2016 |
ExplicitContent: Leave all of them make them dey feed us with inaccurate information like say we never Waka pass lagos. Markurdi to Ogoja alone is more than 4 to 5hours. Ogoja to Ikom with the terrible bad roads last I passed through there was up to 5hours. We left Ogoja around 7pm and got to ikom around 2am. Poor visibility and the rains also contributed to it though 1 Like |
Re: Tomatoes The New Gold In Town: Nairalanders Becomes Tomato Importers by onatisi(m): 10:06pm On May 10, 2016 |
wirinet:There is no excuse for failure ,and the world today has gone beyond the stage of blaming the environment because if other countries can be having enough tomatoes throughout the year then ,then why cant Nigeria ? The honest truth here is that the importation of tomatoes into Nigeria is a national disgrace and national shame that the nation Nigeria and her leaders need to be ashamed off. There is nothing to jubilate about importing tomatoes and I have nothing against the op,he is only following the trend set the leadership and system and using it to survive. There is nothing magical about tomatoes preservation,we have many research institute in Nigeria that have solutions to this problem. IITA in Ibadan have varieties of tomatoes species that can grow all year round The founding fathers of Nigeria will never have thought or believed that a time will come that Nigeria that is blessed with abundant land ,fantastic weather and large pool of capable human resources will be importing tomatoes . The problem with Nigeria is in 3 folds ,the leadership that have not provided quality and purposeful leadership,the financial institutions that have refused to give loans and support young farmers and the Nigeria people with the get rich quick syndrome and mentality. There is no profitable long lasting business like farming . 6 Likes 1 Share |
Re: Tomatoes The New Gold In Town: Nairalanders Becomes Tomato Importers by MaziOmenuko: 10:17pm On May 10, 2016 |
sonnie10: Just like Nigeria, Cameron has both tropical and savannah regions. Tomatoes don't do well on tropical climate so I assume the tomatoes he bought was from northern Cameron, and not the southern part that shares border with Calabar. The only thing that might work would be trying to replicate those savannah conditions in a green-house but maintaining the temp and humidity in this exclusive green-house farm would not be cost-effective. Best bet is harvesting when it is in abundant and finding a means of preserving. Thanks for your idea btw. 2 Likes |
Re: Tomatoes The New Gold In Town: Nairalanders Becomes Tomato Importers by sonnie10: 10:29pm On May 10, 2016 |
MaziOmenuko: It depends on the variety. Even in my backyard here in the northeast US where the temps could go as low as zeros, about three years ago, I planted some tomatoes and they did very well. Note: the snow did not meet it during this duration. |
Re: Tomatoes The New Gold In Town: Nairalanders Becomes Tomato Importers by mixter(m): 10:37pm On May 10, 2016 |
MaziOmenuko:A friend once did his project on preserving perishables and if am not wrong, he got a solution for it though it doesn't last too long. But it was a step up. Hopefully, I will contact him and get back to you when I am less busy. |
Re: Tomatoes The New Gold In Town: Nairalanders Becomes Tomato Importers by mixter(m): 10:49pm On May 10, 2016 |
Almost everybody has said something, Now it's my turn.I will make this brief and concise as much as I can. As for those doubting him, keep doubting. Little thing about Ymodulus is, He rarely do business with people, i.e, collecting money to do it for you. He has laid it down for all to see. It's your choice to make do of the information. But trust Nigerians, they like hoarding information just to maximize profit. From importation to Keke business to Yam business to Money exchange and now to tomato business. Well, the list is much, this is the few I can think of. Funny enough, he gave it all for free. As for the tomato biz, I actually did follow him from the start to when he got the tomato in Cameroon. From the flights to the meal, to the pictures he took in the different vehicles and even the truck and his bills. Guess what, I was shocked in one of our conversation when he said that he has spent above 100k in search of the said product, but hasn't gotten it. I saw some bills. Truth be told, he has got some really big balls. It might sound easy but it's not that easy, it has its own hurdles. Don't be surprised in the next 4 months, Ymodulus is into something else. As a business man, he spots opportunities and take advantage of it. We all know that the product is actually scarce and it is not even available in the country now. If people can import things from neighboring countries and not follow the truck and still get their goods delivered, why should this be different. Atleast, speaking from experience. As for those saying, it's not possible. Please you can keep doubting, he has nothing to proof to you. It would be fair if you share your stories with us and inspire us. We would appreciate. Tosicrato Ymodulus. 4 Likes |
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