Ahead of this year's rainy season, Nigeria's Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security through the National Horticultural Research Institute (NIHORT), in collaboration with the Tomato and Orchard Producers Association of Nigeria, is set to increase the production of tomatoes from 15 tonnes to 35 tonnes across the South-West Zone of the country.
This aims to reduce the scarcity and high cost of tomatoes during the rainy season. The Executive Director/Chief Executive Officer of NIHORT, Prof. Muhammed Lawal Attanda, disclosed this during the 2025 yearly in-house research review and planning meeting organized by the Institute in Ibadan.
He said that NIHORT would work hard to reduce the wastage of foods produced in the country as part of the Federal Government's determination to guarantee food security.
Attanda said that the institute is mandated to conduct research into genetic improvement, production technologies, processing, storage, utilization, and marketing of fruits, vegetables, spices, and ornamental plants of nutritional and economic importance.
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