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AFP released: May 25, 2016 09: 47 EDT | update: 09: 47 EDT on May 25, 2016, Rose Edet never thought it would be a problem to buy tomatoes for her busy Lagos restaurant.
But the rise in costs has given her a headache and has also affected her customers' favorite Nigerian dishes.
"We are facing the end of the tomato world," she told AFP in the city's Ikoyi district . ".
"I have never seen this in my 36 years of life.
"Tomato prices in Nigeria have been steadily rising for months, due to the turmoil in the northern and central states where tomatoes are grown, which affects farmers' cultivation and harvesting capacity.
Due to the shortage of foreign exchange, rising fuel prices and falling imports have led to shortages, and now a major crop disaster has worsened the already bleak prospects for tomatoes.
The Tuta absoluta moth, which local farmers call "Tomato Ebola", has destroyed more than 80% of tomato farms in the northern Kaduna, Agriculture Commissioner Manzo Daniel said on Tuesday.
More than 200 tomato farmers lost more than 1 billion naira, fearing that the moth would cause serious damage throughout the North.
A wholesale basket containing hundreds of tomatoes is now priced at 42,000 NARA ($212, € 186)
He added that naira rose from 300 to 1,500 before the outbreak.
In neighboring Kano, Africa's richest man, Aliko Dangote, was forced to close a new tomato processing plant to reduce Nigeria's dependence on imports and increase domestic production.
General manager Abdulkareem Kaita said the plant was only open for 3 years and required 1,200 tons of fruit per day, but not enough. -'The new oil' -
Tomatoes are an important ingredient for many Nigerian dishes, from hot pepper soups and stews to even popular spicy barbecue suya sold at Nigeria's roadside stalls.
The impact of rising prices and shortages has added more difficulty to Nigerians who have already had fuel shortages in cars and generators, power outages and rising inflation.
Edet and others said they were forced to turn to imported canned tomato sauce, but the price of the original paste also rose.
"A pack of 40 naira's ketchup has now risen to 55 naira," said Zainab Abdullahi, a Kano housewife . ".
Many Nigerians complain on Twitter, some
The Tomatina festival in Spain hosts what is known as the world's biggest food war every year.
One user wrote that revelers threw tomatoes at each other and splashed water flowers in juice and pulp: "If these people know the price of tomatoes in Nigeria today, that's fine.
Another commented that the tomatoes "are like gold now in Nigeria", while the third commented that the three tomatoes she bought for 200 naira were more fuel than a liter of 145 naira
"Tomatoes are new oil in Nigeria," The Fourth wrote . ". -Jollof crisis -
Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari took office for a year on Sunday, focusing on his record in dealing with Boko Haram's Islamist insurgency, widespread corruption and economics in the northeast.
Few people predict autumn.
As the anniversary approaches, the tomato crop disaster will be a problem.
The Kaduna government has sent a team to Kenya to find a way to treat this moth, which spawn on tomato plants and develop into a leaf, stem and fruit
At the same time, the voice of discontent is growing, especially for the influence of the favorite national dish, jollof rice.
Lagos businessman Fatimo olaimmi said it was the favorite food for her three children, but the lack of tomatoes forced her to switch to canned tomatoes and dried peppers.
"This is not the original taste.
My child is not satisfied with the current situation. Mo rogo (I'm in trouble)
She said in Yoruba.
At Kamson catering services in the area of lagos Obalende, cashier Faith said customers have been complaining.
"They don't feel very good, but we explained to them that tomatoes are the problem.
"They like the jolaf rice, but because there are tomatoes now, we are raising prices now," she said . ".
"I can only hope things will get better," Edet added . ".
"Otherwise, this scarcity will enter a crisis phase.