Nigeria removes 20% import tax for Dutch greenhouse technology
Nigeria wants to boost the use of greenhouse equipment to establish year round production schemes and provide a structural solution against the devastating tuta absoluta outbreaks.
Over the last couple of years, the Nigerian processing tomato industry experienced adverse scarcity of production following the outbreak of Tuta absoluta.
Nigerian states affected by the tomato disease, locally referred to as “tomato ebola’’, included Katsina, Kano, Kaduna, Jigawa, and Nasarawa. The Nigerian Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, Okechukwu Enelamah, said that the removal of the duty might give the industry a new boost and allow growers to make a transition from open field to protected cropping schemes.