By Vivian Ihechu ABUJA (NAN, CONVERSEER) – For many years, families like Faustin Menzan’s in Côte d’Ivoire, who farm cocoa in West Africa, have been suffering. They help produce chocolate for the whole world, but they never see enough money to live better. Their farms are old, the market price for cocoa is never stable,…
By Christian Njoku Calabar (NAN, CONVERSEER) – Dr Sani Abiodun, National Project Coordinator (NPC) of the Livelihood Improvement Family Enterprise in the Niger Delta (LIFE-ND), has urged 630 new LIFE-ND incubatees not to see their selection as national cake. Abiodun, who disclosed this on Monday in Calabar during a One-Day Orientation Session of the FGN/NDDC/IFAD-assisted…
By Christian Njoku BAKASSI (NAN, CONVERSEER) – A Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO), Health of Mother Earth Foundation (HOMEF) has disclosed that introducing Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs) was no solution to Nigeria’s food insecurity. This was disclosed by Ms Joyce Brown, HOMEF’s Director of Programmes, on Thursday during a one-day practical agroecology training for farmers, with the…
By Christian Njoku CALABAR (CONVERSEER) – In the heart of Nigeria’s last remaining rainforests, a growing crisis is unfolding. Once symbols of nature’s Majesty’s, elephants in the Mbe Mountains of Cross River are now seen as threats by local farmers. The reason is their devastating crop raids that are pushing already struggling communities to the…
By Christian Njoku AKPABUYO (CONVERSEER) – Every morning, as the sun rises, Mary Okon, a young lady in Ikot Nakanda, Akpabuyo Local Government Area, Cross River State, rolls up her sleeves and goes about her job of feeding the fishes in her fish farm, looking out for anything strange. Dressed in jean trousers and rain-boots,…
Cross River State gained international recognition as the Chief Whip of the Cross River State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Hilary Bisong, represented the state at the UNFSS+4 Stocktaking Moment in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
Biase Vice Chairman Hon. Ekuma Ngwu visits National Planning Commission to seek partnership for the ‘Nourish Biase Initiative’ aimed at improving food security and nutrition in the LGA.
A former Special Adviser to the immediate-past Governor of Cross River State on Cocoa Development and Control, Dr Oscar Ofuka, has said the proposed Ogoja State is economically viable and can be sustained through cocoa production and its value chain.
CALABAR (CONVERSEER) – Cross River State has declared a bold transition from exporting raw cocoa and coffee to processing premium products locally, aiming to drive job creation, value addition, and inclusive growth within the agricultural sector. This was the central message delivered by the State’s Commissioner for Agriculture and Irrigation Development, Hon. Johnson Ebokpo, during…
Women farmers in Cross River State, particularly in the communities of Apiapum and Agwagune in Obubra and Biase Local Government Areas, are facing increased hardship due to the escalating effects of climate change, mainly flooding.
