The Dangote Group has launched a tomato processing plant in Kano State, which is considered to be the largest in Africa.
The tomato processing plant will produce over 400,000 tonnes of tomato paste annually. It is expected to reduce Nigeria's dependence on imported tomato paste.
"We have fully started operations and the target is 1,200 metric tons per day. We are going to work with the farmers, they can afford to produce more because there's a processing factory, and they don't have to suffer losses like they did before."
Tomato farmers will receive a guaranteed price of about $700 (N140,000) per tonne compared to the current average price of $350 (N70,000), according to estimates by the Central Bank of Nigeria. The Federal Ministry of Agriculture estimates that Nigeria has an annual demand for tomatoe paste of about 900,000 tonnes.
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