Nigeria: Self-sufficient in 18 Months

Nigeria: Self-sufficient in 18 Months

The President-CEO of Erisco Foods Limited, Mr. Eric Umeofia, has welcomed the recent federal government’s policy on tomatoes, introducing a sharp increase (+50%) in tariffs on imports of tomato paste, saying it would promote manufacturing, farming and the entire tomato value-chain. Mr. Umeofia expects the Nigerian tomato industry to become a net exporter within the next eighteen months.