I Earn N7m Annually From Growing Tomato, Pepper — Gombe Farmer reveals

• Mr. Saleh Maikudi, a 35-year-old farmer from Bula community in Gombe State, reported an annual income exceeding N7 million from tomato and pepper cultivation.

• Maikudi attributes his wealth to the profitable investment in vegetable farming, specifically tomatoes and peppers.

A 35-year-old farmer named Mr. Saleh Maikudi from the Bula community in Gombe State has made an astonishing announcement.

He disclosed that he makes over N7 million every year from growing tomatoes and peppers, according to NAN.

In an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria, Maikudi shared that he became wealthy through vegetable farming.

He noted that his investment in tomato and pepper farming has paid off well. In 2023, he spent more than N1.5 million on 30 hectares of farmland.

“In 2023, I made N7 million from cultivating tomato and pepper.

“I only spent N1.5 million as the total cost of preparing and planting the vegetables.

“I cultivated tomato, bell pepper (Tatashe), chili pepper, Cayenne pepper (shombo) and Scotch bonnet (hot pepper) on my farmland.”

Maikudi, who is also the chairman of Vegetables Farmers’ Association in the community, said he cultivated 30 hectares of the vegetables annually.

He said that it took 10 weeks after cultivating the vegetables to start harvesting the commodities for another period of 10 weeks.

The farmer said that in the present wet season, farmers had started harvesting and off-takers had been coming to their community to buy the commodities for supply to various states of the country.

He said that the year’s rainfall, which he described as moderate, was good enough for his vegetables to grow and that his tomato and pepper did well.

“If the market is good this year, I am expecting nothing less than N10 million because my vegetables really did well.’’