Prices of fresh tomatoes in the country have increased by 100 percent owing to the recent outbreak of Tuta Absoluta in some farmlands in Kaduna, Kano, and Katsina states, BusinessDay findings show.
The disruption in the food supply chain since the outbreak of the novel coronavirus has also caused
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Josephine Okojie-Okeiyi
Josephine Okojie-Okeiyi is a journalist with over five years’ reporting experience. She writes on industry, agriculture, commodities, climate change, and environmental issues.
She is fellow of Thomson Reuters Foundation and Bloomberg Media Initiative for Africa.
