The Raw Materials Research and Development Council (RMRDC) has distributed improved tomato seeds to the Taraba State Government for onward distribution to vegetable farmers in the state.
Dr Huseni Ibrahim, the Director-General of the council, said that the venture was aimed at boosting tomato cultivation in the state. He urged the farmers to take due advantage of the current opportunity to turn around their fortunes.
He stated that the council would monitor the cultivation and distribution of the seeds so as to ensure that the beneficiaries of the intervention were genuine tomato farmers.
Dr Asanga Enefiol, the Director of RMRDC’s States Coordination Department, appealed to the state government to set up small tomato processing plants that would utilise the anticipated tomato yields.
Alhaji Abdullahi Ahmed, the RMRDC Coordinator in Taraba, also proposed a revival of the Lau Tomato Processing Company to check perennial wastage in tomato harvests.
