date:Jan 07, 2014
News that Tomato supplies from Jordan are a blessing because they have put a ceiling on the surging prices.
The arrival of locally harvested vegetable crops in the market namely tomatoes, potatoes and okra in the spring season has also attributed to the fall in prices.
Besides imports from abroad, tomatoes are grown locally in Taif in the Western region to Sakaka in the north over an estimated 15,000 hectares of agricultural land.
Tomatoes harvested in Al-Kharj and Riyadh are considered of pr