By Patrick Obia The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) has predicted normal to above normal rainfall season in 2021 across the country. And, Cross River will get 270 days of rainfall starting from March 4th, said Godwin Ugah Unimke, the Executive Director of Green Planet Initiative, a nongovernmental organization in Calabar on Thursday while enlightening farmers
1. It is to my mind a very good initiative if well managed. It sure holds enormous potentials for revenue generation, employment creation, local capacity -building, foreign investment attraction and global marketing of brand Cross River State. 2. Apart from coffee export, leather works and tourism, Ethiopia as a country thrives mainly on its airline
By Patrick Obia Stakeholders have enjoined Cross Riverians to save the future from hunger by embracing Agriculture. This was the take home message from keynote speakers and good will messages in a one-day Agro Industrialization Summit held at Transcorp Hotel, Calabar, with the theme: “Promoting Agricultural Value Chain To Boost Economic Development, Food Sufficiency And
By Patrick Obia Cross River State Government is set to host a one-day Agro Industrialization Summit in Calabar, the first capital of Nigeria. The summit which is to hold Tuesday, March 9, 2021, 10am has the theme “Promoting Agricultural Value Chain To boost Economic Development, Food Sufficiency and Curb Youth Restiveness”. The event is organized
Introduction The Oxford Dictionary defines Agriculture as the science or practice of farming which could be for the cultivation of crops or rearing of animals and the different processes involved in the value chain of whatever is been farmed. The history of agriculture as a practice can be traced back over 100,000 years ago to
By Jonathan Ugbal The Federal Governments Accelerated Agricultural Development Scheme (AADS) may help in easing the headache Governor Ben Ayade currently faces in appointing party men who worked for his re-election. Mr. Ayade had met with the former polling units agents, ward chairmen, and other party men across the 18 local government areas shortly after
By Ovatitomi Ibingha A concerned Cross Riverian has told Sen. Ben Ayade, Governor of Cross River State that the banana plantation along Calabar-Itu road is now a thick bush. The concern citizen identified as Etette Etok, on International World Food Day, took to his social media handle (Twitter), calling on relevant media platforms in the
For those interested in politics for the passion of it’s fundamental value to society’s growth and development, it’s potentials to enrich and improve the quality of the lives we and our people live, this is a time to speak up and act. A time to fashion out workable solutions to the problems created over a