“The prices of vegetable crops will drop further this Ramadan because the cultivation of most vegetable produce may increase due to the need for some vegetables to break the fast. When there is a high supply, the prices always go down,” Zuntu said. The demand will reduce, and there’s still a high supply of tomatoes in the northern market,” he added. “As a chapter, we would like to appreciate the national leadership of the tomato farmers’ association for all their efforts to ensure that the government intervened to reduce the hardship of vegetable farmers. “We also appeal to the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security to come to the aid of vegetable farmers in the 2026 planting season, especially in the provision of farm inputs,” he said.

Source: Punch February 08, 2026 12:36 UTC