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The price of tomato has falled from N25,000 to N800 a basket. Few
months ago, the price of the essential commodity skyrocketed following
the spread of tuta absoluta also known as ‘tomato ebola’ in most of the
states that plant and harvest Tomatoes in large quantities. As of this
morning, a basket of Tomato in Kaduna sold for as low as N800.
