FG on solar cold chain facilities for tomato preservation

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Benedict Emmanuel Mitchel  

FG on solar cold chain facilities for tomato preservation


The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development of Nigeria, Chief Audu Ogbeh, said the Federal Government will provide solar-powered cold rooms in Kano State for the preservation of tomatoes.

He made this known at the First National Tomato Stakeholders Summit in Kano few days ago‎. He said the FG plans to install the cold room in  about 15 locations in Kano state.
He also said the federal government will also provide cold trucks to transport tomatoes from one location to the other.

‎The minister disclosed that Nigeria and Brazil had signed a $1.2 billion credit scheme for the procurement of 10,000 tractors for farmers; and to boost the agricultural sector.
The minster also hinted that the Bank of Agriculture would be re-positioned, adding that 40 per cent of the shares would go to farmers.
He urged farmers, youths and women to buy shares in the bank‎ because the government intended to put a five per cent interest on agriculture loan.

The President of Nigeria Agribusiness Group, Alhaji Sani Dangote, said that tomato accounted for about 60 per cent of global vegetable production at 177 million tonnes in 2016.

According to Dangote, Nigeria produces 10.8 per cent of fresh tomatoes in Africa, making Nigeria the second largest producer of fresh tomatoes in the region.

He said: “Globally, the country is the 14th largest tomato producer ‎with 2.3 million tonnes in 2016.”
Also speaking at the event, Governor Abdullahi Ganduje restated his administration’s commitment to the revival of agriculture in the state.

The governor said the state government had distributed 5,000 irrigation machines to farmers in the state with additional 2,500 pumps underway.

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