By Chidinma Ewunonu-Aluko
Ibadan, Feb. 9, 2021 Tomato Growers Association of Nigeria plans to employ about 40 per cent of youths in the southwest this year through expansion of farmlands.
The Southwest President of the association, Mr Bamidele Ajani, made the declaration in Ibadan on Tuesday when he spoke with newsmen
He said that members also planned to increase tomato production by 100 per cent with government’s assistance.
Ajani said that the association had applied for funds at the CBN’s Anchor Borrowers Programme to achieve increased production of tomatoes.
He charged the CBN to disburse loans to anchor borrower farmers early enough before the planting season ended.