KANO, Nigeria (Reuters) - At a state-of-the-art plant in northern Nigeria, shiny machines stand next to a conveyor belt ready to crush tomatoes to satisfy the country's insatiable demand for tomato ...

Kwara farmer and CEO of Versa Farms, Nigeria’s largest tomato farm, Ibrahim Toyeeb, has condemned the recent spate of deadly ...

A casual search through the front-page headlines of our national dailies would reveal that one news item the media take seriously is politics. The second most important is business and finance. The ...

Tomato Jos Farming and Processing Limited, has launched its much-anticipated Tomato Jos paste variant into the Nigerian market. Tomoato Jos The new tomato paste variant, packaged in a 65-gram sachet, ...

Senator Abubakar Kyari, Minister of Agriculture and Food Security, has revealed that the increase in tomato prices is due to an infestation known as Tomato Ebola, which limited availability. Kyari ...

The Tomatoes Growers Association of Nigeria has blamed the current hike in prices of the produce on ‘Tuta Absoluta,’ Sharon insects, infestation on local farms across the country. The Kaduna State ...

Agriculture is a key sector in Nigeria, employing over a third of the population, but unpredictable weather makes farming ...

The minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Dr Mohammad Abubakar, has expressed concern that Nigeria is not one of the leading tomato exporting countries, despite being a leading producer in ...

The residents, who made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria(NAN), said they have resorted to using garden eggplants and carrots in their stews. The price of a big basket of UTC ...

ABUJA (Reuters) - Nigeria will increase custom duties for tomato imports and waive tariffs for some farming equipment to stimulate local production and investment in the agriculture sector, its trade ...