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WHEN BIG IS BAD: 5,000 farmers not enough to supply tomato to Dangote’s factory

Farm produce from 5,000 farmers is not enough to supply the $20 million tomato processing plant owned by Aliko Dangote, Africa’s richest man. According to Reuters, the tomato plant, which

GOOD NEWS: Nigeria now has a vaccine that’ll crush ‘tomato ebola’

The National Research Institute for Chemical Technology (NARICT), Zaria, Kaduna state, says it has developed a vaccine for the tomato pest: tuta absoluta. Bala Aliyu, the institute’s public relations officer,

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