GBfoods, a culinary products manufacturer, in partnership with the Central Bank of Nigeria, the Kebbi State Government and the Emirate of Yauri, has completed the building of a N20bn tomato processing
factory, in Kebbi State.
The statement said, “The investment in the world-class factory and adjoining farm includes a drip irrigation and fertigation infrastructure, greenhouses, seed planting robots, an incubation chamber and a plethora of agricultural machinery. It added that the project created over 1,000 jobs including 500 farming jobs, 150 factory jobs and 150 construction jobs.The company said it also provided the out-growers with tomato seedlings, agrochemicals and various equipment such as water pumps and hose pipes and enabled them to access water in the dry season.
In the coming tomatoes season, it added, the plant would also source most of its raw materials from out-growers who will grow the tomatoes on their own farms and from GBfoods’ owned and operated farm.
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