The Kaduna State government has declared a state of emergency on tomato farming in the state, following the outbreak of a destructive pests.
The Commissioner of Agriculture, Dr. Maigari Daniel Manzo, who disclosed this at a press conference in Kaduna yesterday, said 80 per cent of tomato farms have been ravaged by a pest which blights tomato, called Tuta Absoluta.
Blame this Moth for the sudden scarcity of Tomato in Nigeria..
Tuta absoluta is a devastating pest of Tomato. It is originated from South America. Recently Tuta absoluta considered to be a serious threat to tomato production in Mediterranean region. The newly introduced pest from south America finding the shores of the Mediterranean a perfect new home where it can breed between 10-12 generations a year.
Each female can lay 250-300 eggs in her life time.
This pest is crossing boarders and devastating tomato production both protected and open fields. The infestation of Tuta absoluta also reported on potato, Aubergine and common beans.
Tuta absoluta is a very challenging pest to control. Effectiveness of chemical control is limited due to insect's nature of damage as well as its rapid capability of development of insecticide resistant strains. The use of biological factors are still largely under development and not ready to combat this pest effectively and in a cost effective way. Sex pheromone trap is using as an early detection tool. Mass trapping and lure and Kill application of pheromone has been found to be effective to control Tuta absoluta. IPM strategies are being developed to control Tuta absoluta. Various active substances can be applied in combination with bio-rational control tactics.
Since the first detection in Spain in 2006, this pest is spreading rapidly across Southern Europe and North Africa to engulf the whole of the Mediterranean countries. Until today the presence of Tuta absoluta has been reported in Italy, France, Malta, United Kingdom, Greece, Switzerland, Portugal, Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya and Albania during last two years. Tuta absoluta is already a serious pest in South America since the 80’s.
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Buhari is a disgrace. Very shameful. Bad economic policies is the hallmark of this govt.
ReplyDeleteEven after reading about the insect James?? So Buhari economic policies brought about the insects??
DeletePlease call the president wherr necessary.
Lol
The same applies to maize farming. There is a serious pest ravaging maize farms at the moment. There may also be need to declare state of emergency in the entire crop farming sector. We stated this year with maize at N53/kg and as at this Morg it is N106/kg. I agree with James Buhari may have invited all these pests to Nigeria during his numerous travels. Lol celebrated fool!
DeleteI heard dangote bought up most of the tomatoes in the north for his tomato puree factory he is starting, God help una
DeleteAbutata
DeleteSue,u r right..nah so the Hausa guy I dey buy tomatoes talk too..so I bliv Dangote is the problem here..
DeleteNawa o.... D world is indeed coming to an end
ReplyDeleteA friend of mine confirmed this gist yesterday. He's into agriculture. We don't have agricultural solutions in Nigeria that's why such things take us unaware. Pest attacks come up all the time. I hope something can be done about this before it gets worse. This is why we should practice more of commercial farming that happens in developed countries. Subsistence farming leaves little room for professional or scientific contingency solutions in cases like this.
DeleteWhich one will someone believe? Some sects said they are selling all to dangote and now this? It's well. God save Nigeria.
ReplyDeleteThis is an indirect press release from Danone joor. I'm not fooled....... wicked pipo.
DeleteThis information here is real. Someone told me about this two weeks ago. He is into agricultural training or so, he actually drop some handbills to be distributed for him so I asked him with all been taught in school why is tomato scarce then he mentioned this insects that the name is even coined from the nature of the destuction that is always total. I asked him why some people are not educating people or speaking out instead of everyone blaming the government but he couldn't respond to that so we both agreed some people might be silent for polical reasons, you can't just trust our politicians.
DeleteAnd the clueless Buhari will not do anything about it...
ReplyDeleteI don't blame him!...
Imagine that 'shenke' up there is the cause of hike in price of tomatoes? I pray there is a way out of this already.
ReplyDeleteBaba created those moths.
ReplyDeleteIt's his fault.
lol
DeleteU Neva read d very first comment? Looool..., baba na d insect wey cause am. Lol
DeleteSarcasm. Hehe
DeleteAPC is now putting the blame on "tuta absoluta".
ReplyDeleteBut for real Dangote is opening a Tomato Paste in Kano, if he reduces his price, I pity others. Farmers actually lined up to supply tomatoes both fresh and dry ones to him. The Coy is even by the road side. Everything must have blame in this APC's regime.
So we no eat tomatoes again ni? Abeg the govt shld do something fast o.
ReplyDeleteVegatable and rice
ReplyDeleteVegetable and beans
Vegetable and bread
Vegetable and tea
Vegatable and yam
Vegetable and alarm
Vegetable and pasta.
Vegetable and noodles
Vegetable and beer
Vegetable and whatever you can have it with till we can have our tomato back.
#bringbackourtomato.
Lmao.. Veg nd alarm
DeleteLolsss
DeleteDon't make vegetable run for us with this your dreadful plan
Just negodu, insect is to blame, not GEJ for not planning ahead by providing insecticide for farmers, thru subsidy. I hail una
ReplyDeleteThose blaming Buhari,I hope u can read this,I just hope something is done to kill ds insects.
ReplyDeleteChaii
ReplyDeleteQueen and boss of this blog, how come we are all suffering tomatoe scarcity just because of a problem in kadunna state? (nothern state) where is that your Biafran source of tomatoe again?
ReplyDeleteOge elugo mgbe Gina James kwesii Ije bido Oru ugbo tomatoes Maka Bifra war II unu na acho kemgbe. I don't even want to imagine how it will be during the war.
Kwakwakwakwa...
DeleteHow can we be worried when we have our delicious Ofe akwu?...
Dey there make pant dey wear you!...
Wow, Bush local woman. Is it only stew they make with tomatoes in that bush you came from? I Bet you will substitute Akwu with tomatoes for egg stew and pizza . Onye Imezi.
DeleteYou were boasting yesterday of your Biafran tomatoes source, now it is a no go area.
Spain has tomatoes everywhere but our Nigeria nothing at all.
ReplyDeleteTuta absoluta you still carry your kurukere legs enter nigeria.
But they should be pest chemical to control the it naa? For how long will this bug continue to destroy our tomatoes? This tomato issue is no longer funny. Naa to start small garden for back yard oh.
ReplyDeleteChai did u read dis article?????
DeleteTuta Absoluta Chai!! I just remembered the days of Agric Science in School. What a pest and what a botanical name whiwwwwwwwwww.
ReplyDeleteIs it the same thing as abutata?
ReplyDeleteNna meeeeen! The grammar here is hilarious!!!
ReplyDeleteFirst detected in spain? And Spaniard are having baths with tomatoes....Oma she ooo
ReplyDeleteI blame APC absoluta...
ReplyDeleteZoologists get to work, find a way to control this pest.
ReplyDeleteZoologist???
DeleteLol @swaglafresh
Deletenigga just felt like talking
DeleteSwag lafresh lol. So you didn't know Jayem is a stark illiterate runs girl. Don't bother tell her the right thing is Botanist
DeleteChai!
DeleteKpangolo!
Lmao
DeleteYou guys are the silly ones. Jayem is right. Zoology is the study of animals and that insect I am seeing up there is from the animalia kingdom. So zoologists are to study the animal and come up with pesticides that will wipe it away.
DeleteNa wa o!
ReplyDeleteHmmm. The ministry of health should do something about this.
ReplyDeleteLies!!!! Is dangote who is buying them all, reason because they will soon ban importation of tomato paste , and dangote will henceforth be d sole distributor just like he chased st Louis sugar so we should all buy dangote this n that. Dangote of cos is a northerner n tomato is from the north.
ReplyDeleteHehyyyyyyyyyyyy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Kai!!!!!!!!!!! Stop it! Stop it!!! Stop it!!!!! I use only st Louise sugar Oga/madam wch chase st Louise sugar away. Hian!!!!! If u don't like dangote no problem but pls don't tell lies in d name of trying to gv a pt.
DeleteLies!!!! Is dangote who is buying them all, reason because they will soon ban importation of tomato paste , and dangote will henceforth be d sole distributor just like he chased st Louis sugar so we should all buy dangote this n that. Dangote of cos is a northerner n tomato is from the north.
ReplyDeleteDaftness raised to the point of no return!
DeleteLord have mercy!
It's amazing how how the entire country is running short of tomatoes just because the part of the country responsible for the all year round supply is having some sort of setbacks, yet some persons think that these people are dispensable.
ReplyDeleteBottom line is we need each other to survive, no one is superior to another.
Tribe and ethnicity, religion and tongues etc starts and ends here on earth.
. #spread love not hate#
#gbam you are just too correct. We need each other
DeleteMake dem go drink oil nauu or ask their prophets to change oil to tomatoes.
DeleteIs one litre of tomatoes (after grinding) not more expensive than a litre of petrol now?
Ndi mmanu. Oya turn tomatoes to Oyel.
DeleteMinistry of health kwa? Abeg oo
ReplyDeleteYou have found the cause of tomatoes scarcity, what about the solution oga.
ReplyDeleteJayEm you meant Botanist...lol
ReplyDeleteTeacher: jayem who is a gynaecologist?
DeleteJayem: A gynaecologist is a ghanian doctor.
Me: Jesus Christ!!!!
He doesn't even know whose responsibility it is.
DeleteJayem is a confirmed basic chic, she knoweth jack
DeleteHahahhahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaahahahahahahahahaha...
DeleteAnon 15:06 you no well at all.
Omo! I laugh ehn!
Stella free Jayem, is Tuta absoluta not an animal, abeg wetin Zoologist de study again.
DeleteJayem is right...google is your friend...onye nkuzi odoakpu
DeleteNa wa,may God help us
ReplyDeleteThe increase in price of tomatoes is not due to the increase in dollar. Was having a discussion today with my dad who runs a farm and he told me that the reason is due to the early rain.
ReplyDeleteIf na exam ur dad don carry last be that
DeleteHaha , ur dad is not telling you the truth cos he's selling to dangote :) lol
DeleteBro , your dad is selling to dangote :) lol
DeleteStory for d gods.........we know what's up.
ReplyDeleteHahahahaha 'zoologist' u people should take care of those insects. Saturday laughs you have a customer
ReplyDeleteOh they have stopped blaming GEJ for everything? That means we can stop moving the country forward now
ReplyDeleteIt's sad how we won't tackle a problem until it hits us hard.
ReplyDeleteI just hope there are trying their best to get solution to this serious issue.