The price of Tomatoes has reduced drastically after a prolonged scarcity due to *tomato ebola.* Sources say the price is so low in some farms at the moment that one could buy a basket for less than N1,000. One down, many more to go.
Abass Mai Tumatur, chairman of the tomato sellers, told The Cable that tomato is now available and in large quantities.
He said: “Tomato scarcity is nothing new, but it was made worse this year by the invasion of the moth.
“The insects mutate more during the dry season but don’t survive during the rainy season.
“The rains coupled with the efforts of
government have helped tremendously in making tomato available,” he said, praising the
government for the “timely intervention”.
He assured the public that the fear is gone now “and hopefully for good”.
The price of tomatoes had hit the roof across the country as a result of scarcity caused by tuta absoluta, also known as ‘tomato ebola’.
This affected the crop in most parts of the north-west, notably Kaduna, Jigawa, Katsina and Kano states.
As a result, the basket prices jumped from the range of N800-N1200 to between N25,000 and N40,000 at the height of the crisis but it’s now back to its former price
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Title : Good news: Tomato price finally crashes, guess how much a basket is sold
Description : The price of Tomatoes has reduced drastically after a prolonged scarcity due to *tomato ebola.* Sources say the price is so low in some f...