With an annual output of 2.4milion tonnes, Nigeria is the largest producer of tomatoes in Sub Saharan Africa, and the 13th in the world. Notwithstanding, the industry faces challenges with distribution, storage, and disease.

2016 estimate puts total global production at 177mn tonnes. With the U.S, Russia, Germany as world’s top consumers, the market is set to witness a boom with the ever increase in demand for basic uses such as stew, ketchup, salads, juice, cocktails, puree, and paste (Italy, China, U.S, Spain are top tomato paste exporters).

In Nigeria, the major producing states are Kano, Taraba, Gombe, Bauchi. As stated earlier, the industry is faced with challenges and as such farmers lose about 45% of total output to poor storage.

At $68pb, Bonny light is now at a 3-year high. This has helped push up the external reserves to $40.4bn.

As at January 6th, Average power output sent was 3,207MWh/hour (Up 584MWh/h) while Gas constraint was 2,839MW. The grid has been restored following system crash on January 2-3.

The attached slides contain an update of the recent movements in the commodities market, a short analysis of the domestic tomato sector and other core burning issues within the country.

SOURCE : https://brandspurng.com/nigeria-is-the-largest-producer-of-tomatoes-in-sub-saharan-africa-13th-in-the-world/

And so expensive!

Its still expensive though...

Cc:Mynd
Dominique
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I do not get it. 50kg of tomato expensive at N8,000? 1kg = N160. This is 44 cents. Come on!

Let us be thankful to northerners. Over 90% of tomatoes come from there. Only if we get power right, then we can see the big opportunity here. Government is wasting its time by investing in subsidy. Let them put more effort in power, and we see so many industries improve, especially Agriculture. We produce virtually everything in abundance even under harsh condition; however, we do not get enough income due to low power output.

Do you know that there is no farmer in the South who can compete well with his counterpart from the North? Why is it so? Government intervention and subsidy are too much for Agriculture in the north. And are we to blame government? Of course not. When Chinedu, Okoro, Babarinsa, Korede, and Ngozi prefer to ride bike and tricycle to make money rather than learning technical works or farming, why will government not overlook them? Meanwhile, Bala and Mohammed are both on farm.

I bet to disagree that Northerners will suffer if we split. They are super heros. These guys are super cooperative specie. Lol. They know what is called cooperation.

To me, tomato is still very cheap at N28,000 for 50kg. Ask a farmer in the south what he passes through, and the real cost of production. It's only subsidy and government interventions that keep prices low and this is terrible for the economy.

They say north will suffer if we split. A dey laugh in Swahili. Ha! Some people will cry with all their natural resources and oil when hunger strikes them. Gowon won Biafra war not because he had a better military or more experienced side. He won when he listened to the words of Chief Awolowo. You dey fight them, you still dey supply them food. Chineke....ooooo.....Walahi.... A be maga, Gowon told himself. The day he cut of food supply, that was the day he won the war.

Please, food is not cheap anywhere in the world but every responsible nation endeavors to make it available in abundance. We can survive without almost all other things but we cannot without food, clothes, and shelter.

Let us go back to the drawing board, especially SS, SE, and SW to find solution to Farming and storing of our farm products. We must solve this power issue.

All the so called free meals, free hospitals etc are nonsense. Let us face power. Honestly, the government that solves power challenge in Nigeria is the real hero.

Just let Nigeria start distributing 20,000 MW, we will see a very huge turn around in everything. Government does not need to invest in anything again. Power....just power. And only power.

fluentinfor:
I do not get it. 50kg of tomato expensive at N8,000? 1kg = N160. This is 44 cents. Come on!

Let us be thankful to northerners. Over 90% of tomatoes come from there. Only if we get power right, then we can see the big opportunity here. Government is wasting its time by investing in subsidy. Let them out more effort in power, and we see so many industries improve, especially Agriculture. We produce virtually everything in abundance even under harsh condition; however, we do not get enough income due to low power output.

Do you know that there is no farmer in the South who can compete well with his counterpart from the North? Why is it so? Government intervention and subsidy is too much for Agriculture in the north. And are we to blame government? If course not. When Chinedu, Okoro, Babarinsa, Korede, and Ngozi prefer to ride bike and tricycle to make money rather than learning technical works or farming, why will government not overlook them?

I bet to disagree that Northerners will suffer if we split. They are super heros. These guys are super cooperative specie. Lol. They know what is called cooperation.

To me, tomato is still very cheap at N28,000 for 50kg bag. Ask a farmer in the south what he pass through and the real cost of production. It's only subsidy and government interventions that keep prices low and this is terrible for the economy.

They say north will suffer if we split. A dey laugh for Swahili. Ha! Some people will cry with all natural resources and oil when hunger strikes them. Gowon won Biafra war not because he had a better military or more experienced side. He won when he listened to the words of Chief Awolowo. You dey fight them, you still dey supply them food. Chineke....ooooo. A be maga, Gowon told himself. The day he cut of food supply, that was the day he won the war.

Please, food is not cheap anywhere in the world but every responsible nation endeavors to make it available in abundance. We can survive without almost all other things but we cannot without food, clothes, and shelter.

Let us go back to the drawing board, especially SS, SE, and SW to find solution to Farming and storing of our farm products. We must solve this power issue.

All the so called free meals, free hospitals etc are nonsense. Let us face power. Honestly, the government that solves power challenge in Nigeria is the real hero.

Just let Nigeria start distributing 20,000 MW, we will see a very huge turn around in everything. Government do not need to invest in anything again. Power....just power. And only power.

One bottle of Pepsi-Cola for you. You nailed it

GOOD

we balling when its agriculture, but no enough support and too many bottlenecks.

why our tomato perish all the time is because culturally we consume raw tomato and not even semi processed ones in jars,it's impossible to transport tomato in woven basket from the north down south for days on bad roads and we expect 5% post harvest losses.
way forward:let tomato be processed into jar on the farm from north before bringing it down south.
#myopinion