Tomato market in Nigeria and the process of preserving it into tomato paste

Nigeria is the 16th country on the global tomato production scale. Entrepreneurs earn millions on tomatoes! You can become one of them! Read this tomato production guide and find the most successful state to start your business in Nigeria!


Tomato products are cultivated in most states in Nigeria. There are even leaders in tomato production industry! It includes states like:

– Kano
– Taraba
– Gombe
– Bauchi
– Kaduna
– Sokoto
– Zamfara
– Katsina
– Jigawa
All these states produce about 80% of all tomatoes in the country. Kano is the most successful region in this area. Nigeria also provides about 2% of total world tomatoes production. Still, the country does not get about 45 percent of the tomatoes due to the poor food supply chain.

Every year Nigeria loses about 750 thousand tons of tomatoes due to the bad food supply chain. It costs millions of Naira. It also leads to the lack of tomatoes in the country. Only in 2009, the Federal Government had to buy tomato paste worth about 16 billion Naira to support the inner demand of the country.


The majority of tomatoes grow in the northern part of the country. They grow in the temperature range between 25 and 34 degree Celsius. Tomatoes are also very sensible to humidity and rain. The highest yield of tomatoes is provided by states like Jigawa, Delta, Kwara, Oyo, Borno, Bauchi, and Plateau. The planting tomato season in these areas is from August to September.

The highest yield of tomato in the history of Nigeria was recorded in 2010. The overall value of this highest yield was $687, 610, 000. Still, it couldn`t satisfy Nigerians. The national demand for fresh tomatoes in Nigeria is about 2-3 million tons every year. Due to the poor production chain, Nigerians waste from 750 000 to 1, 350, 000 tons of tomatoes.

How can you help with these tomato wastes? Some of us do not ask these questions but just take a chance. Consider the following two examples for the profitability of tomato production in Nigeria!

PRODUCTION OF TOMATO PASTE
INGREDIENTS

Tomatoes

MATERIALS

Pot
Bowls
Gas cooker, stove or any source of heat
Sieve


PROCEDURE
Pick out the unripe and rotten tomatoes
Wash your tomatoes
Chop tomatoes into quarters.
Grind the tomatoes using blender or grinding machine and ensure you do not add water while grinding, if necessary add very little.
Transfer the grinded tomatoes into your pot and parboil it for 10-15 minutes depending on the quantity of the tomatoes you’re using.
After parboiling, let it cool down, after cooling down sieve the tomatoes to remove excess water, then transfer it into bottlesand cover it.
Bottles should submersed in water bath when sterilizing
Transfer these bottles into larger pot, add little water to the pot and boil for 25-20 minutes.
After heating, remove your bottles from the pot and keep
Your tomatoes paste is ready and can stand for a year if not opened

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this is a fact every sane person knows...


But that zombie that calls Buhari his darling will disagree.

Are you sane?

castrosteve:


Lolz.. This is the best place for legit information ...if you follow those kd residents info you might end up not applying for any kdsg job cos majority of them hate el rufai and don't believe any good thing can come from him base on the rubbish going on with the security of life in the state ..

Majority hate El-Rufai? Do you even know what you're saying?

wahab23:
The core responsibility of the civil service is to recruit for all MDAs especially officers between level 7 - 17. Therefore, hoping that the MDAs will also invite applicants could be erroneous unless you applied with certificate below HND. Learn about the functions of kaduna state core civil service and clear your doubt.

You guys analysis is quite funny, it easy for the state government to tell you that you can't proceed with the application but rather they sent an email to you that will contact you soon. Only that applied for the core civil service commission were invited.

Remember they advertised all these selected ministries Agency and Department.

jeffsticky:
There is a rumor ongoing eventhough I personally don't believe it.
I was told the reason why we are yet to be invited for interview is because there is no vacancies at the various MDA's we selected.
However we will be call upon as soon as there is vacancies in our chosen MDA's.
So for now we wait.

Lols

Blackstone01:
Well, I still have mine to attend, bad news shouldn't kill the ginger and increase the tension.

Lets just wait for the mails to decide kawai...

Please don't listen to him, he saying what he doesn't know, after the interview if you're successful then you've been employed.

He is relating it primary school recruitment, which only involved paper test, interview and employment letter, during the employment stage you're only required to write an application letter.

So, please ignore his false message. Imagine saying the interview is nothing! Hope you understand that he doesn't what he was saying. I wish you the best

nairalanderfan:
Interviews

Hello First Name & Surname

Following the KDSG Recruitment Screening Exercise, you have been shortlisted for an interview with your selected Ministry, Department and Agency (MDA).

You will receive further instructions on interview date and time as they become available.


KDSG JOBS TEAM

Thank you.


Got that mail content today

Wish us all the best guys

You got 100% during accessment

Ramanto:

I only got a mail that I'm successful but no interview details. They said they will get in touch later

You probably scored 100% during the accessment

Governor El-Rufai is doing well to modernize Kaduna but I hope he will fulfill this promise

Today, we have successfully removed the old Kawo Market. The landmark will be replaced with an upgraded modern market that is safe and conducive for business and residents of Kaduna City. It will also complement the new flyover and other roads being built in the area. https:///5s7fVQ1FEX

HallaDaTruth:
Mbaka's Prophecy has failed. The fake prophet has been exposed

How far? What did you think of Mbaka prophecy now

Thanks to you all. It has been done by one of you

Please treat as urgent, I need a corporate Affairs Commission agent I need to register my business name

gist2000:
Wole Soyinka... If he would be interested in dis fvcking country.

The way you people reason ehn

Gwan2:
Seriously my heart goes to the people of southern kaduna with the way this guy carries alot of anti-southern kaduna policies with impunity. The height was when he vehemently selected a moslem as his deputy for the first time in the history of a democratic kaduna, moslem moslem ticket. To spit on the southern kaduna populace face, he said he selected the moslem deputy because he knows even if he select the pope as his deputy he will not get their support.....what an insult. Unfortunately he have all the federal backing wit PMB in-charge.
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Kamanzo and surrounding areas are mostly well planned, the construction of a grade A road by the late kaduna governor Yakowa to cushion the stress and enhance development within the mostly southern kaduna dominated areas made the whole area very attractive with its layout. Now this is where this governor got it wrong. Kaduna state is not so congested the it lack land resources, infact there are vast lands begging for development. WHY not do any project you supposedly want to undertake on this available land??

Do you how many houses he demolishes and how many he tried to demolish in Northern Kaduna?

ursullalinda:
That's his trade mark.....the man can demolish for Africa....thou atimes is necessary but my only problem with him is that he can be so biased

How bias?

abeggnow:
Are u a Nigerian??And have u been to the border with Benin??

These people ehn, you won't what they want. I stop commenting on nairaland post, because I wonder of it is Buhari that they are against or Nigeria itself.

healthserve:
Typical. Misplaced Priorities

Did you understand what you just read?

Eventually Ganduje wins

K

Richdad50:


Very shameful and disgraceful of the institution to have publicly call out young men/women for a not so noble act yet you have a President who is in a certificate battle.

If you read and it is not entering your ogbon(brain), relax, take a break and pray. Ask God for clarity and understanding. You will be amazed the next time you open your books. It has worked for me for decades.

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Richdad

Have you said anything meaningful? If you stop hating Buhari will you die?

Trust no one

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amosmosco:
So that the peaceful chopping would continue abi?

As senator, no one would dare disturb you over what you do or did not do

Quote me,if you're FTC

Must you comment when you have nothing reasonable to say?