danxzy:
oh my God, see how they are wasting tomatoes while we buy 10pieces #500.
why is all this things happening to Nigeria?

olive282:




Lol..so mk we begin make onion stew abi?

reverendfather:
the rate I eat onions now ehn, hope onion nor get side effects

Firefire:
Honestly, I do not see any issue with planting and harvesting Tomatoes in Nigeria apart from the diseases in some part of the Northern Nigeria.

Our main issue is the insecurity of farmers and the uncontrolled encroachment and destruction of farmland by Fulani Herdsmen from Libya making most farmers to desert their farms.

crazygod:

U're missing o if I've not tasted onion stew garnished with shrimps.

LBanks:
Who told you Fulani Herdsmen are Libyans?
Last time I checked those Libyans are more or less white skinned people just like the Egyptians and they were comfortable in their country untill US and Britain decided to topple Gaddaffi just like they did to Saddam with their propaganda and since then Libya has not had peace just like Iraq. I haven't seen any Libyans rearing cows in Nigeria and I dont seem to understand how Nigerians just believe anything they are told

joyli:
May God heal our land.

LBanks:
Who told you Fulani Herdsmen are Libyans?
Last time I checked those Libyans are more or less white skinned people just like the Egyptians and they were comfortable in their country untill US and Britain decided to topple Gaddaffi just like they did to Saddam with their propaganda and since then Libya has not had peace just like Iraq. I haven't seen any Libyans rearing cows in Nigeria and I dont seem to understand how Nigerians just believe anything they are told

cramjones:
Nigeria’s ‘tomato Emergency’ Prompts Online Outrage — At Spain - Washington Post


Over the past few days, a number of Nigerian social media accounts have been posting photographs of La Tomatina in Bunol, Spain. For the uninitiated, La Tomatina is a festival that takes place in August and involves 20,000 participants from all over the world engaging in an enormous tomato fight. Some estimates say that more than 100 tons of tomatoes are thrown during the event.

La Tomatina is supposed to be fun. But to Nigerians, it evidently looks more like something else — an enormous waste of tomatoes.

This message online may be tongue-in-cheek, but the problem is a real one. In the past few months, the price of tomatoes has surged in Nigeria: from $1.20 a box to more than $40, according to the BBC ($1.20 translates to about 240 Nigerian naira). One state in northern Nigeria, Kaduna, has been forced to declare a state of emergency in the tomato sector.

Government officials say the culprit is Tuta absoluta, a type of moth that can ravage tomato crops (it is also known as tomato leafminer). At a news conference on Monday, Agriculture Commissioner Maigari Daniel Manzo said the pest had affected 80 percent of tomato crops in Kaduna.

The shortage is a considerable problem in Nigeria. Tomatoes are an important part of the country's cuisine, often forming the base of a stew or being included in other dishes, such as the famous Jollof rice. There have been long-standing concerns that the country cannot meet its own demand. While Nigeria's tomato industry, largely based in the north, is among the biggest in sub-Saharan Africa, the country imports huge amounts of tomatoes and tomato paste, often from China. Domestic growers, hampered by poor storage facilities, find about half of their produce going to waste.

The government has been seeking inventive plans to get around the shortage. In January, Africa's richest man announced a plan to help wean Nigeria off its reliance on foreign tomatoes — a plan that Agence France-Presse reports was supported by favorable government loans. Aliko Dangote had hoped that the Dangote Tomato Processing Factory could eventually provide more than half of the 900,000 tons demanded by Nigerian consumers.

There had initially been some suspicion that the Dangote plant was responsible for the shortage of tomatoes. However, the company announced this month that it would have to suspend production because it could not get enough tomatoes.


https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2016/05/24/nigerias-tomato-emergency-prompts-online-outrage-at-spain/?tid=sm_fb

-CramJones

anonimi:


Do you mind explaining HOW exactly God will heal our land
Thanks.

Do you know WHY we can't use our God-given brains to heal our land?



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fiftynaira:
Obiano is working Rochas is stealing Fayose is eating beans

I live in a country were nothing works!

reverendfather:
the rate I eat onions now ehn, hope onion nor get side effects

Twizzy30:
Why u no bring ur papa mk he cum lead us. I'm sure ur fada no get primary sch certificate

refiner:
were is our God?...

doskie:
is a lieee ohhh ya nor the oneon your dp. You can lie

...lol!

yea I'm not...u are!

fiftynaira:

Papa has a phd He ain't a politician

Twizzy30:
ooh. Piksur or adonbilivit.

refiner:

...lol!
The
yea I'm not...u are!

doskie:
truth is nor me oh.
You downloaded it. Okay swear dah iz you na. Swear

...lol sweety...I'm contesting for a position here in nairaland.... so,why should I use a fake picx as my dp?

refiner:

...lol sweety...I'm contesting for a position here in nairaland.... so,why should I use a fake picx as my dp?

refiner:

...lol sweety...I'm contesting for a position here in nairaland.... so,why should I use a fake picx as my dp?

doskie:
omo!!! See the number of people ya following. And only 12 are females.. Tchaiii. I don run o. Super saturated aliphatic hydrocarbon.

....kikikikikikikikikikikikikikikikikikikikikikkki

run as fast as ur legs can carry u.....

but I still need your vote and supports tho

refiner:

....kikikikikikikikikikikikikikikikikikikikikikkki

run as fast as ur legs can carry u.....

but I still need your vote and supports tho

doskie:
what party. I wont just vote nau.. I'll need to interview you. How will I now know I'm casting my vote for the right person. What position are you vying for and how much are you expecting to make. What will you do for the bachelors on this forum during your tenure? Whats your solution to this problem of tomatoes in Nigeria?
If you were to go to sambisa alone. Name 3 items you would take along.
What concern have you shown so far about the chibok girls? Do you know their Names? Have you visited their parents as a concerned citizen of nairaland?
What did you think about linda ikeji and whiskit?
Igbos and yorubas diss each other on nairaland.. Discuss
All monkeys respect their fathers. Proove with diagrams.
Describe in few words how you will put a giraffe inside a ghana must go bag.

..*faints!**...