Nigeria Faced with Tomato Price Hike as Crop Disease Slows Output.
Nigerians are experiencing a 363 percent increase in the price of fresh tomatoes with the spread of the ‘Tuta absoluta’ pests, popularly known as “Tomato Ebola”, that has plagued tomato production for years without effective government effort to address it. Reports in Nigerian dailies claim that the country had an opportunity to quell the recurrence…