Prices of fresh tomatoes in the country have increased by over 500 percent owing to the recent outbreak of Tuta Absoluta in some farmlands in Kaduna, Kano, Katsina and Gombe states, BusinessDay findings show.
The situation in tomato growing states has led to 557 percent increase in the price of f
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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.
