Nigeria: 10 Mile 12 Tomatoes Dealers Sign Pact With Gems4 On GHP

10 members of the Tomatoes Sellers Association of Nigeria, Mile 12 market, Lagos have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Growth and Employment Service in States (GEMS4) on the use of Good Handling Practices (GHP).

The MoU was informed by the need to improve the process of handling perishables in Nigeria as the GEMS4 project which is funded by the World Bank and the UK's Department for International identified poor mode of harvest, storage, packaging, transporting, distribution and others as factors that expose perishable products in Nigeria to quick damage.

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