Kano – The newly established Dangote Tomato Processing Factory in Kadawa, Kano State, has suspended production, its Managing Director, Alhaji Abdulkadir Kaita, said. He told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Kano on Friday that the company, which commenced production in February, had stopped production due to the lack of raw materials. He said that the company found it necessary to suspend production because there was no fresh tomatoes to process. He added that most of the tomato farms in Kano, Jigawa, Plateau, Katsina and Kaduna states were affected by a pest popularly known as “Tuta Absoluta” which killed all the tomato species there. The managing director noted that the pest had destroyed tomato farms in the affected states, making the price of the perishable commodity to go up. The tomato processing factory boss, however, said production would commence during the next irrigation season, emphasising that the company had the capacity to process 120 tonnes of fresh tomatoes per day at full capacity.Read more at: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2016/05/dangote-tomato-processing-company-suspends-production/

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2016/05/dangote-tomato-processing-company-suspends-production/

Bad planning by the management,tomatoes can be harvested under three months. With irrigation,it will be an all year crop

Can you imagine!

Was there no conxrete plan to augument in situations like this?

Why is Nigeria so dependent on seasonal farming!

AngryNigerian:
Can you imagine!

Was there no conxrete plan to augument in situations like this?

Job loss again by skilled and unskilled labour

More job losses ahead

Pidggin:
More job losses ahead
This change is real. I recall Kano voted exclusively for it, make dem enjoy am

So change inflicted Tuta Absoluta on the farms?

You still wont make sense even if your own life depends on it!

And who the heck goes into large scale farming without considering long term storage facilities? That is the dumbest thing av heard in a long while. Aliko should know better na..

Pidggin:
More job losses ahead

This change is real. I recall Kano voted exclusively for it, make dem enjoy am

So because they voted for APC that is why their farms were affected by Tuta Absoluta?

hmmm

we really need a concrete plan to restructure this country coz the way we are heading am afraid

Omooba77:
Bad planning by the management,tomatoes can be harvested under three months. With irrigation,it will be an all year crop

the company choose not to grow it's own tomatoes. The plan is to support and create a ready market for tomato farmers in and around kano.

Pidggin:
More job losses ahead

This change is real. I recall Kano voted exclusively for it, make dem enjoy am

Madam pidgin what a lame criticism! Ur hussy is gonna ve a load of work in his hands!

So should I say Ymodulus is smarter and wiser than the richest man in Africa?

Is sourcing fresh tomatoes from neighbooring countries a bad option for him?

I am not getting this tomatoe drama

Ok o0... another hold up or na go slow i go call am

Aiit

The supply chain was not properly planned to guarantee all year supply to the factory despite the infestation suffered by the farms. Knowing he is guaranteed steady supply of milk from numerous dairy farmers co-operatives all year round that is why Dangote s setting up a multi-billion powder milk plant in Kenya. After production he exports them to Nigeria knowing that Kenyans don't like powder milk.

eh ya

dem neva see anything, the next thing will be to shed some sstaff.by the time this change is tru with Notherners, if they hear change, they will start crying.

see as tomato come dey reign this 2016

Na Dangote of all people fvck up like this? Bad planning.


Where is that our Nairaland brother that went to Cameroun to buy tomatoes? See market come sell your products

agarawu23:
So should I say Ymodulus is smarter and wiser than the richest man in Africa?

Is sourcing fresh tomatoes from neighbooring countries a bad option for him?

I am not getting this tomatoe drama

Well I think the management is not really bother about solving the problem but concerned about making an impact in the society with the company. Had been it was to solve problem they will definitely source for raw tomatoes elsewhere. Ymodulos went extra miles across border simply because he wanted to solve the tomatoes problem. Long life Ymodulos

Abeg who cook stew wey dem use tomatoes cook make I com chop, na only fresh pepper, onion and tatashe stew wey dey cook since March

Omooba77:
Kano – The newly established Dangote Tomato Processing Factory in Kadawa, Kano State, has suspended production, its Managing Director, Alhaji Abdulkadir Kaita, said. He told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Kano on Friday that the company, which commenced production in February, had stopped production due to the lack of raw materials. He said that the company found it necessary to suspend production because there was no fresh tomatoes to process. He added that most of the tomato farms in Kano, Jigawa, Plateau, Katsina and Kaduna states were affected by a pest popularly known as “Tuta Absoluta” which killed all the tomato species there. The managing director noted that the pest had destroyed tomato farms in the affected states, making the price of the perishable commodity to go up. The tomato processing factory boss, however, said production would commence during the next irrigation season, emphasising that the company had the capacity to process 120 tonnes of fresh tomatoes per day at full capacity.Read more at: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2016/05/dangote-tomato-processing-company-suspends-production/

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2016/05/dangote-tomato-processing-company-suspends-production/

lmaooo
O ma se o.

Omooba77:
Bad planning by the management,tomatoes can be harvested under three months. With irrigation,it will be an all year crop

There are certain things you can't plan for.

SLIDEwaxie:
As an agricultural consultant, we got the wind about the incoming virus. Here in Abeokuta, OGADEP advocates for the green house plantation for tomatoes to curtail and or minimize the virus. They even went ahead for demonstrations along the OGUN STATE police headquarters for farmers to come, see and emulate. They even offered the new hybrid ones that will resist the virus to the minimum damage- no one did anything.
Now, the virus is here at last--
Many wondered why tomato became scarce, different theories were flying around...
But the truth remains with the learned- begomoviruses!!!

Don't compare Yoruba states to boko haram states please. Wetin dem sabi? They think agriculture is just about seed + soil + water.

Pest too wan follow finish us, are yu guys sure we are not in the old testament Egypt, I now see why the price of tomatoe has escalated to ISS.

Thought there are people who study dem agriculture and food science thingy...can't they make tomatoes an all year crop

Omo meehn Na to import uk tomatoes be that o

Okay

Why?

As an agricultural consultant, we got the wind about the incoming virus. Here in Abeokuta, OGADEP advocates for the green house plantation for tomatoes to curtail and or minimize the virus. They even went ahead for demonstrations along the OGUN STATE police headquarters for farmers to come, see and emulate. They even offered the new hybrid ones that will resist the virus to the minimum damage- no one did anything.

Now, the virus is here at last--

Many wondered why tomato became scarce, different theories were flying around...

But the truth remains with the learned- begomoviruses!!!

Why don't I have a tomato factory?? I for don hammer now

Why must tomatoes be predominantly planted in these Northern states, there are arable lands, in the south East and south West were tomatoes can flourish, a lesson for everyone, the one Nigeria mantra should not be toyed with

Chai!! BANGA soup ti take over...