Kickstarter campaign wants to empower Nigerian farmers with tomato paste
“Our mission is to make tomato production a sustainable, profitable business for the farmers with whom we work,” Tomato Jos says.
Co-founder Mehta notes that even though tomatoes play a huge role in the average Nigerian diet, almost US$500-million is spent on importing tomatoes from abroad.
In order to empower people locally, Tomato Jos wants to provide farmers with better seeds, fertilizer, practices and a guaranteed market. It takes a lot of tomatoes to make tomato paste, but it takes more money to get the equipment to make that happen. So far, in an effort to raise capital for their own model farm, the team has raised over 50% of the campaign’s funding goal.
Source: ventureburn.com
