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Tomatoes are one of the main edible vegetables for Nigerian people, but recently, local tomatoes have suffered from insect pests in a large area, and tomato prices have skyrocketed.
Ibrahim Inusa is a Nigerian farmer who has been growing tomatoes for more than 10 years and has a decent annual harvest. But this year, a pest that has infested farmland has led to a significant drop in tomato yields, and Inusa's income has been greatly affected by the lack of funds to buy pesticides.
Ibrahim Inusa, Tomato Grower, Nigeria: The pest is destroying the tomatoes, and I put all the effort into planting them, and in the end there is almost no harvest.
The price of tomatoes has skyrocketed as pests threaten Nigeria's tomato supply. A tomato buyer said that in the past, 3,500 naira (about 16.8 yuan) could buy a basket of tomatoes, but now it costs at least 70,000 naira (about 336 yuan) to buy the same amount of tomatoes, which is 20 times the price before.
Nigeria is a big consumer of tomatoes, and experts called on the government to take effective measures as soon as possible to ensure the supply of tomatoes in Nigeria.
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Editor: Pan Xu