ramdris:
And who the heck goes into large scale farming without considering long term storage facilities? That is the dumbest thing av heard in a long while. Aliko should know better na..

They cried out for tomato processing plant without thinking about sustaining crop production all year round.
The man gave it to them. Let them figure out how to feed the plant.

Nawa o

After he bought all the tomatoes in the country and made the price sky-rocket. One man can hold Nigeria to ransom. Monopoly.

Should we blame buhari ?

Nigeria is a sh*it hole! When you have a country where planning is foreign this type of crap happens! i mean, even our forefathers didn't have problems feeding themselves! No fuel, no tomatoes, very soon yall will be lacking air to breathe!! Bunch of animals in human skin! When the time comes, people with the right level of IQ will come back and cleanse that land! When we get fed up with you inconsequential nonentities embarrassing us globally!!!!

what ve u planted b4 under irrigation to be able to meet up with daily supply in ur village market.

Omooba77:
Bad planning by the management,tomatoes can be harvested under three months. With irrigation,it will be an all year crop

cekhoe:
Abeg who cook stew wey dem use tomatoes cook make I com chop, na only fresh pepper, onion and tatashe stew wey dey cook since March

Lol, just try add small vegetables. E make sense die...

Mr Dangote tomatoes is the easiest plant ever to plant . There is an underground farm in London that produces lots of vegetables with little threat so much technology these days to plant things.

malton:


So change inflicted Tuta Absoluta on the farms?

You still wont make sense even if your own life depends on it!

Thank you. Some people are ready to blame the next mosquito bite on the FG.

Why is all this happening now?? This product has virtually dominated the whole Nigeria, Fresh tomatoes is sold very expensive that's if atall you see to buy and now this ones have stopped production. God where do we run to?

Maybe they're are trying to whirl up something again :/

Omooba77:
Bad planning by the management,tomatoes can be harvested under three months. With irrigation,it will be an all year crop

How many have u planted and harvested under 3 months? Big mouth and negative mindset.

simplemach:
dem neva see anything, the next thing will be to shed some sstaff.by the time this change is tru with Notherners, if they hear change, they will start crying.

And to say ppl like u call ur president a Dull*rd, wetin we go call sm1 like u now? Did u read d post all Or as usual ur brain was low on juice to comprehend?...for ur info d scarcity of tomato was caused buy a pest called "Tuta Absoluta" wch attacked d major tomato farms in d north...take ur political mumbo jumbo smwher else.

TrollTrap:
Thought there are people who study dem agriculture and food science thingy...can't they make tomatoes an all year crop

Omo meehn Na to import uk tomatoes be that o

that is not the case. Nigeria is a country where sound idea are buried and trash are put before eyes.

We do not promote innovations in this country.

Have APC zombies blamed GEJ today?

Did he not send Tuta Absoluta from Otuoke in Ogbia to sabotage the govt of Saint Messiah?

cekhoe:
Abeg who cook stew wey dem use tomatoes cook make I com chop, na only fresh pepper, onion and tatashe stew wey dey cook since March

Lolzzzz... U are indeed feeling d shange my flwend... Na wetin em say be dt pest name gain"Tuta absoluta"....... We aren't done with d human pests of boko haram n Co now we our plants em don dey suffer from em own terrorist attack called Tuta absoluta...... I just pray make our water sef no get any attack.. Itz all about CHANGE afterall

Omooba77:
Bad planning by the management,tomatoes can be harvested under three months. With irrigation,it will be an all year crop

Which kind bad planning... it is not like they don't irrigate it is that the plant was affected and destroyed by disease

Omooba77:
Bad planning by the management,tomatoes can be harvested under three months. With irrigation,it will be an all year crop

Did you read the post to the end?

The tomato processing factory boss, however, said production would commence during the next irrigation season, emphasising that the company had the capacity to process 120 tonnes of fresh tomatoes per day at full capacity.

The question should be are they (farmers) doing enough to avoid a re-occurrence of the infestation.

Don't compare Yoruba states to boko haram states please. Wetin dem sabi? They think agriculture is just about seed + soil + water.
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Bro, dem sabi pass us, they're the agricultural mainstay of Nigeria in some crops, we shld try not to let ethnicity cloud our judgement.

a4jasper:

And to say ppl like u call ur president a Dull*rd, wetin we go call sm1 like u now? Did u read d post all Or as usual ur brain was low on juice to comprehend?...for ur info d scarcity of tomato was caused buy a pest called "Tuta Absoluta" wch attacked d major tomato farms in d north...take ur political mumbo jumbo smwher else.

zombie how market....?

malton:


So change inflicted Tuta Absoluta on the farms?

You still wont make sense even if your own life depends on it!

I blv there's a ministry of agriculture in this country?it is time for the ministry and various research institutes to rise up to this challenge nd find solutions to this problem of tuta absoluta ,extension workers should be dispatched to various farms all over the country for them to engage farmers and for those institutes to develop pesticides to counter this problem abi na to dey collect allocation be their work? Oga ogbeh u are a farmer for crying out loud do u want ur tenure to be remembered as the one that did nothing but import grass from brazil ?

Oya start planting now, it's a very lucrative business you know

MARKone:
Why must tomatoes be predominantly planted in these Northern states, there are arable lands, in the south East and south West were tomatoes can flourish, a lesson for everyone, the one Nigeria mantra should not be toyed with

Now this explains why the pricing of the product has gone up tremendously!

hrhobi1:


How many have u planted and harvested under 3 months? Big mouth and negative mindset.

It tells how low your reasoning faculty is;I used to have farm for tomatoes and pepper as a teenager,so stop all these your abuse. Go and plant one and monitor. Why do we love insulting others? God bless you anyway

Omooba77:
Bad planning by the management,tomatoes can be harvested under three months. With irrigation,it will be an all year crop

Easier said than done. With the size of Dangote conglomerate, you think they are foolish not to have thought of this option.

NOETHNICITY:
Why is Nigeria so dependent on seasonal farming!

Most crops are seasonal.

The problem with Nigeria is poor yield and storage which is to do with electricity.

Solar power should be the norm in the north - yet some people are talking about drilling for oil in Lake Chad.

Karm16:


lmaooo
O ma se o.




There are certain things you can't plan for.




Don't compare Yoruba states to boko haram states please. Wetin dem sabi? They think agriculture is just about seed + soil + water.

Your hate for the is legendary.... The poster was emphasising that 'Yoruba' from Ogun were sanitised about the potential disease and given alternative measures to curtail it but none of them take it serious. but u are now stylishly and ignorantly shifting the blame to the north

Northern Tomatoes r affected n everyone is feeling it. who said we do not need each other for our collective existence.

aleshsenior2000:
Well I think the management is not really bother about solving the problem but concerned about making an impact in the society with the company. Had been it was to solve problem they will definitely source for raw tomatoes elsewhere. Ymodulos went extra miles across border simply because he wanted to solve the tomatoes problem. Long life Ymodulos

You people make comments as if the management of the company is foolish. Who says the management didn't weigh the pros and cons of going 'extra mile' to source for tomatoes before deciding to shut down? Don't forget we are talking of a business entity that's ONLY interested in profit making and not a charity group. You make yourself sound olodoish when you comment without giving due attention to details

aleshsenior2000:
Well I think the management is not really bother about solving the problem but concerned about making an impact in the society with the company. Had been it was to solve problem they will definitely source for raw tomatoes elsewhere. Ymodulos went extra miles across border simply because he wanted to solve the tomatoes problem. Long life Ymodulos

You people make comments as if the management of the company is foolish. Who says the management didn't weigh the pros and cons of going 'extra mile' to source for tomatoes before deciding to shut down? Don't forget we are talking of a business entity that's ONLY interested in profit making and not a charity group. You make yourself sound uninformed when you comment without giving due attention to details

NorthernParrot:
Your hate for the is legendary.... The poster was emphasising that 'Yoruba' from Ogun were sanitised about the potential disease and given alternative measures to curtail it but none of them take it serious. but u are now stylishly and ignorantly shifting the blame to the north

Hmm, interesting.