It makes sense for smart farmers to specialize in growing tomatoes during those times of the year when tomatoes are likely to be scarce, using techniques such as irrigation and greenhouses that allow farmers to grow crops at any time of the year, regardless of the weather.

Seun:
It makes sense for smart farmers to specialize in growing tomatoes during those times of the year when tomatoes are likely to be scarce, using techniques such as irrigation and greenhouses that allow farmers to grow crops at any time of the year, regardless of the weather.

Jesus loves you.



Herdsmen threat is discouraging farming activities.

Only controlled condition (Greenhouses) can reduce the impact.

A very amateurish & unprofessional
write up.

First & foremost, the period for
tomato & pepper glut is usually January
to around April.

This is so due to the fact that these
vegetables flourish under the dry air,
and controlled water of irrigation.

Apart from leafy vegetables, most vegetables
do not thrive under the excessive water
and moisture of the rainy season. The
wetness causes moulds, bacteria & other
parasites to damage the crops.

Good tomatoes can be profitably grown
in greenhouses during the rainy season.
To take advantage, plant in March.

We pray we don't have outbreak of
"Tomato Ebola this year...

mojojojo:
Tomatoes don't grow well in wet conditions. So during the rainy season farmers stand to loose their investment. It is also the reason why tomatoes are grown mostly in the North which has much less rainfall than the South.

You're absolutely right about this.
I know this by experience because my parents were subsistent farmers and i grew up farming.

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adecz:
A very amateurish & unprofessional
write up.

First & foremost, the period for
tomato & pepper glut is usually January
to around April.

This is so due to the fact that these
vegetables flourish under the dry air,
and controlled water of irrigation.

Apart from leafy vegetables, most vegetables
do not thrive under the excessive water
and moisture of the rainy season. The
wetness causes moulds, bacteria & other
parasites to damage the crops.

Good tomatoes can be profitably grown
in greenhouses during the rainy season.
To take advantage, plant in March.

We pray we don't have outbreak of
"Tomato Ebola this year...

Green house farming is the way but unfortunately many don't have the funds or technical knowhow for that.

Thegoodlord:
Tomatoes and rainy season are sworn enemies. No English will make Tomatoes grow during rainy season cos the lands are too wet and the roots won't hold.

greenhouses would do the trick. i don't know whether they are cost effective though. . . .

ziddy:


greenhouses would do the trick. i don't know whether they are cost effective though. . . .

Bro, in Naija we never advance reach that stage.

Ika people of Delta state used to produce tomatoes in large quantity all year round those days.

Can someone confirm if that's still the case.

What is this one saying?

JORDAN202:
IF TOMATOES WILL BE EXPENSIVE BETWEEN MAY TO JULY, WHY CAN'T NIGERIANS GO ON HUNGER STRIKE IN OTHER TO TEACH THE GOVERNMENT A BIG LESSON ?


JUST IMAGINE HOW WORRIED THE POLITICIANS WILL BE IF EVERYONE IS ON HUNGER STRIKE.


TOO MANY GOODS WILL OCCASION A FALL IN DEMAND THEREBY CRASHING PRICES OF COMMODITIES.


WHEN THE WORKERS ARE TOO WEAK TO GO TO WORK, THEIR BOSSES WILL SUFFER,



MAINWHILE, I WILL BE IN MY VILLAGE ROASTING THE FRESH FISH THEY CAUGHT FOR ME LIVE !


DURING THE HUNGER STRIKE, PLEASE DO NOT COME TO MY VILLAGE....................

I advise we youths in south-west nd oda regions to wake nd bridge d demand-supply gap instead of looking 4 white collar jobs all day. Govt need to provide preservation/processing plants too. Esp constant electricity!

We all know that the south is a rainy regions, tomatoe is not good during the rain.

The same way water leaves and Ugu can't grom in the.



Using banga in the South preparing stew is even the best than tomatoe.

mojojojo:
Tomatoes don't grow well in wet conditions. So during the rainy season farmers stand to loose their investment. It is also the reason why tomatoes are grown mostly in the North which has much less rainfall than the South.

Thank you my brother
Leave people that just write what they know nothing about.
Let him go and tell north to plant palm trees.




Diversity in agricultural products are major reason Nigeria can not break easily

adecz:
A very amateurish & unprofessional
write up.

First & foremost, the period for
tomato & pepper glut is usually January
to around April.

This is so due to the fact that these
vegetables flourish under the dry air,
and controlled water of irrigation.

Apart from leafy vegetables, most vegetables
do not thrive under the excessive water
and moisture of the rainy season. The
wetness causes moulds, bacteria & other
parasites to damage the crops.

Good tomatoes can be profitably grown
in greenhouses during the rainy season.
To take advantage, plant in March.

We pray we don't have outbreak of
"Tomato Ebola this year...

You end up showing your amateurish & unprofessional comment too!
the period of
tomato & pepper glut is usually August
to around October.

January is when you see dry pepper to buy as farmers would have dried it during November - December

sammydirectly:
I planted tomatoes in my backyard since March, still expecting yields. How long does it take sef?

Okra is doing very very well

Hope you didn't plant the okro close to the tomato because pests attack okro plants a lot.

donkenny:
Nigeria is a joke

I least expected that from you, you have disappointed me.

babablogger:
After Studying the Nigerian Vegetable(tomato) market for almost three years, i advice Nigerians in the south (south-west/south-east/south-south) to braze for impact, cause the price of tomato is about to skyrocket like never before.

Its obvious we depend on the north to provide us with most agric produce and the ones we produce in the south, cannot cover 1/4 of the market.



To the main reason why Tomato is expensive from End of May till July, the gluts that comes in august.

1) Why tomato is always expensive from the period may-July

As i stated earlier in my post, the north controls our stomach so from experience, and constant visit to the north especially areas

where tomatoes are farmed. I noticed when the rain is been expected almost everyone stops thinking about farming vegetables/tomatoes in

the north, they tend to focus more on cereals(maize, millet etc) which is less stressful, not knowing it will have a negative effect

on the market. Their belief is when its rainy season its time to plant maize which is also lucrative.

Tu ta-absoluta might also add as a catalyst to this but not withstanding even in the south we tend to farm other produce apart from veges during rainy season



(2) Glut in The Market By August

Well from my personal study when farmers, both professionals and newbies get to know price of tomatoes has gone up. They all sharpen
their hoes and cutlasses, then decide to load the market with tomatoes which by the time of harvest probably 90days everyone is harvesting. When supply exceeds demands well all know the price will fall there is no magic to it. We all know how perishable tomato is with little shelve like everyone just wants to get it off their hands and so therefore they sell at funny prices baskets of tomatoes that costs 25,000 naira in June will go for 3,000 naira or less. So there is no magic to the whole tomato issue if you plant now cause the price is high by the time of harvest it will be otherwise.



In few weeks the price will go higher and we keep blaming the government for our plight, we can solve our problems ourselves so
i believe we still have months ahead till the scarcity next year so as for this year BRAZE YOURSELVES.

Tomato is not a vegetable. Its a fruit from the berry category. Nigerians smh

Nigeria don't have regulations that's the main reason. Goods and services can rise over night above sea level.From 10percent to 200 percent, artificial inflation that is how our market is no control. And we see them as demand and supply this is faulty. Bad and lack of regulations is why and even if there is going to be a rise of commodities it should be appropriate and reasonable.

This one of reason why southerners must wakeup face reality. We can of focusing on trade/education alone while jestison farming d basic i.e food. If anything happens now am telling you we go pay pass d northerners. Take God a have sm plots farmland. Let every1 return to d farm @ least produce what your family will eat.

babablogger:
After Studying the Nigerian Vegetable(tomato) market for almost three years, i advice Nigerians in the south (south-west/south-east/south-south) to braze for impact, cause the price of tomato is about to skyrocket like never before.

Its obvious we depend on the north to provide us with most agric produce and the ones we produce in the south, cannot cover 1/4 of the market.



To the main reason why Tomato is expensive from End of May till July, the gluts that comes in august.

1) Why tomato is always expensive from the period may-July

As i stated earlier in my post, the north controls our stomach so from experience, and constant visit to the north especially areas

where tomatoes are farmed. I noticed when the rain is been expected almost everyone stops thinking about farming vegetables/tomatoes in

the north, they tend to focus more on cereals(maize, millet etc) which is less stressful, not knowing it will have a negative effect

on the market. Their belief is when its rainy season its time to plant maize which is also lucrative.

Tu ta-absoluta might also add as a catalyst to this but not withstanding even in the south we tend to farm other produce apart from veges during rainy season



(2) Glut in The Market By August

Well from my personal study when farmers, both professionals and newbies get to know price of tomatoes has gone up. They all sharpen
their hoes and cutlasses, then decide to load the market with tomatoes which by the time of harvest probably 90days everyone is harvesting. When supply exceeds demands well all know the price will fall there is no magic to it. We all know how perishable tomato is with little shelve like everyone just wants to get it off their hands and so therefore they sell at funny prices baskets of tomatoes that costs 25,000 naira in June will go for 3,000 naira or less. So there is no magic to the whole tomato issue if you plant now cause the price is high by the time of harvest it will be otherwise.



In few weeks the price will go higher and we keep blaming the government for our plight, we can solve our problems ourselves so
i believe we still have months ahead till the scarcity next year so as for this year BRAZE YOURSELVES.

Correction bro .
its not that we dont plant tomatoes during rainy season cuz of other cash crops
tomatoes dont like too much water it kills the plant so it is planted mostly during the cold and dry times of the year , .

Tomoto, tatashe nd atarodo (not pepperish tho) re cheap in my location during rainy seasons here in d north. Mail me for a joint bizness

Desyner:
Nice piece. But why don't we have more people plant it in the south. That will reduce the transportation component of the cost.

Probably because tomato doesn't grow well in wet conditions. Just like livestock (specifically cows) suffer a lot from diseases in the South.

Rhoteabarca:
I advise we youths in south-west nd oda regions to wake nd bridge d demand-supply gap instead of looking 4 white collar jobs all day. Govt need to provide preservation/processing plants too. Esp constant electricity!

Tomato doesn't usually do well in wet conditions that's why the tomatoes thrive in the North.

OP, great and informative post.

TEMINIKANSOSO:
You are right but irrigation is what will really need, south west''Ekiti'' experience shortage of rainfal this yr and its quite crazy cos even maize dint do well!!!

. The weather is not happy with the state gov. LOLz

Pure lies.

1. Tomatoes are fruits, not veggies.

2. Tomatoes don't cultivate well during the rainy season. The heavy rain pulverizes their soft skin. Running water also easily snaps them off their weak vines.

3. Tomatoes are perennial by default, and grow in temperate climates.

4. Year-round tomatoes are grown in greenhouses.

5. Farmers use their fields to plant something else during the rains cos of the above.

Good observation, but it will be better if you can publish this observation in an agric scientific journal. You never can tell what will come out of it.

obembet:
This is the worse problem currently facing agriculture in the country: lack of preservative measures! This same quantity that sells for N300 will sell at N12,000 in the next 3 months when the rain starts. Isnt there a way to preserve the vegetable and make it available all round the year? Also read somewhere that 70% of those fruits and vegetables get spoilt before they are moved from the farms to the final consumer.

If only PHCN can assure us of at least 15hrs of light daily, wont mind processing one full basket and store in freezers awaiting the rainy season.

Oh, i forgot to mention, I love fresh tomato stew!

You are right bro. Regular power supply with good storage facilities and see a more agricultural prosperous nation.

apart from tomato not growing well in raining seasons, there is high rate of consumption which comes as a result of people cooking more in raining seasons.

obembet:


If only PHCN can assure us of at least 15hrs of light daily, wont mind processing one full basket and store in freezers awaiting the rainy season.

Oh, i forgot to mention, I love fresh tomato stew!

you can't put tomatoes inside a freezer. Extreme temperatures denatures and spoils it

adecz:
A very amateurish & unprofessional
write up.

First & foremost, the period for
tomato & pepper glut is usually January
to around April.

This is so due to the fact that these
vegetables flourish under the dry air,
and controlled water of irrigation.

Apart from leafy vegetables, most vegetables
do not thrive under the excessive water
and moisture of the rainy season. The
wetness causes moulds, bacteria & other
parasites to damage the crops.

Good tomatoes can be profitably grown
in greenhouses during the rainy season.
To take advantage, plant in March.

We pray we don't have outbreak of
"Tomato Ebola this year...

Good bless you. That settles it.