WebSurfer:

You really think if not for monopoly only dangote has the guts to do this?

gbadexy:
The solution to the problem is restructuring and resource control.
I've been hearing the need to diversify to agriculture since my secondary school days over 2 decades ago but it's just a lip service and mantra successive governments tout but no one really seems to do anything drastic about it.
maybe each state would encourage and ensure the success of such investments in their domain so as to get revenue from it.

Sniper12:
una go just dey yarn dust. When u say resource control its still d govnors. Militants and trad rulers dat wud own it all. How wud it benefit d xommon man

haywhy1026:
If Dangote with the resources he has and the market Nigeria possess can still fail in a micro sector of Agriculture then why is it easy for the minister of Agriculture to always open his mouth and advise the youth to go back to farm without any augumenting policy to encourage the sustainability of the real system.

gbadexy:
The solution to the problem is restructuring and resource control.
I've been hearing the need to diversify to agriculture since my secondary school days over 2 decades ago but it's just a lip service and mantra successive governments tout but no one really seems to do anything drastic about it.
maybe each state would encourage and ensure the success of such investments in their domain so as to get revenue from it.

haywhy1026:
If Dangote with the resources he has and the market Nigeria possess can still fail in a micro sector of Agriculture then why is it easy for the minister of Agriculture to always open his mouth and advise the youth to go back to farm without any augumenting policy to encourage the sustainability of the real system.

navyseal2220:
Some people foolishly think this man is a shrewd business man, he isn't. Who knows Dangote before 1999? Nobody. Monopoly from Obasanjo's government is what propelled him. Someone should tell him to meet that Igbo man that has the largest paste factory in Nigeria to teach him business. He doesn't have access to dollar like Dangote, but knows what he is doing.

navyseal2220:
Some people foolishly think this man is a shrewd business man, he isn't. Who knows Dangote before 1999? Nobody. Monopoly from Obasanjo's government is what propelled him. Someone should tell him to meet that Igbo man that has the largest paste factory in Nigeria to teach him business. He doesn't have access to dollar like Dangote, but knows what he is doing.

navyseal2220:
Some people foolishly think this man is a shrewd business man, he isn't. Who knows Dangote before 1999? Nobody. Monopoly from Obasanjo's government is what propelled him. Someone should tell him to meet that Igbo man that has the largest paste factory in Nigeria to teach him business. He doesn't have access to dollar like Dangote, but knows what he is doing.

onyenze123:


The Hausa-Fulani Hegemony says no

aolawale025:
Actually for food processing companies, they should integrate backwards to generate and sustain adequate supply of raw materials. Dangote should organise a cooperative of tomato farmers. Assist with improved seeds etc and have a purchasing agreement with them

Most tomatoes are lost to waste due to lack of storage capacity. Processing to paste would help reduce the waste

gbadexy:

blame that on their lack of education. The way I see it, they would even be the most beneficiary since they have large arable land and farmers.

gbadexy:
The solution to the problem is restructuring and resource control.
I've been hearing the need to diversify to agriculture since my secondary school days over 2 decades ago but it's just a lip service and mantra successive governments tout but no one really seems to do anything drastic about it.
maybe each state would encourage and ensure the success of such investments in their domain so as to get revenue from it.

onyenze123:


Does Israel has large arable land?

"Israel is a major exporter of fresh produce and a world-leader in agricultural technologies despite the fact that the geography of Israel is not naturally conducive to agriculture. More than half of the land area is desert, and the climate and lack of water resources do not favor farming. Only 20% of the land area is naturally arable"

Agriculture has gone beyond having arable land and farmers (BYW Do they have trained farmers, I mean modern farmers?). We talk about robotics, economics and policies.

Fun Fact: Israel produces 10times the amount of tomatoes per tone per annum that Nigeria produces.

bigpicture001:
stop talking like mny nigeria's old paint elders..in details explain how restructuring will rescue d economy

NtoAkwaIbom:
I keep telling people Agriculture cannot do jack to resuscitate any economy rada.. Technological advancement is key
You spend a full year growing a big hectre of land, but on selling everything you cant even last for 2 months with the proceeds.

A company spends 1 yr manufacturing and selling phones, shoes, modern wears, cars, weapons, etc and smiles to the bank while paying salaries to employ others.

If we keep importing all the heavy duty vehicles we use in planting, and we hv no resources to fix them, we find out that the cost we expend on capital takes lots of yrs to cover.. But if we were to produve this heavy duty vehicles... Then the stres that the importation of same, puts on the naira will be reduced, and it will be far more affordable to farmers thereby y reducing their overhead cost and at the same time increasing their profits

bobnazzygon:
Everything in Nigeria is not working as it suppose to be because of inadequate planning.

fratermathy:
Nigerians should pray that this country doesn't split up. Because if it does and Dangote faces only the North, the economy of the splinter nations may be in shambles.

We should be more enterprising and have industries that rival Dangote's in order to avoid over dependence on him.

chukzyfcbb:

I believe this comment was written out of lack of information. sheer ignroance.

Do you even know where the plant is situated?
Dangote being much smarter than erisco, constructed his own plant right in the hub of the tomato source. at Kano! Also made some sort of aggrements with the farmers to be supplying his plant the needed products, I mean thats why we have a plant to preserve the waste due to lack of storage.


You think those working with Dangote haven't thought of those criterias you wrote? lool.
He has done all those. infact The other guy Erisco took a big L by erecting his own plant in Lagos.

How can he compete with Dangotes plant in kano?

One rule of bizness is
- Nearness to Raw material
this is what is taught in Economics Secondary school.


The real crux is that you and I are not ready to buy a tin tomato/ puree that will be more expensive and not also will not make my food red simple!!!!


Dangotes group has observed all those ur points sir and nothing worked!

aolawale025:


The plant is located about 30km to kano. It's in an area that has the largest irrigation canals in west africa built by goyernor Audu Bako. If the plant was shut down due to lack of tomatoes. How does what I wrote amount to laziness? That simply implies if they are doing what I wrote they should do more. Spread their catchment area.