Captain Traore Commissions $12m Tomato Processing Factory in Burkina Faso
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso - Transition President, Captain Ibrahim Traore, has launched the country's first tomato processing plant in Bobo-Dioulasso, a...
Agriculture
We can’t politicise food production and not have hunger – Agric Expert
Calabar, Cross River State - Mr Dennis Ikpali, Project Director of Cross River's Project Grow initiative on Tuesday asserted that...
Aquaculture: Minister Inaugurates Ultra-Modern 20m Capacity Juvenile Hatchery in Cross River
Calabar, Cross River State - Sen. Abubakar Kyari, Minister of Agriculture and Food Security on Thursday inaugurated an ultra-modern Fish...
ECOWAS Raises Alarm on Emerging Livestock Disease in West Africa
Abuja, Nigeria - The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has expressed alarm over the emergence of new livestock...
Leboku 2024: Gov Otu reiterates desire for agricultural mechanisation in C’River
Governor Bassey Otu of Cross River has reiterated his administration's desire to transition the state from subsistence agriculture to agricultural...
Gov Otu sets up committee to distribute 3.5 million oil palm sprouted nuts to farmers
Cross River State Government has successfully procured 3.5 million improved Oil Palm sprouted nuts from the Nigerian Institute for Oil...
FG, World Bank assess Cross River readiness for irrigation farming
Officials of the Federal Government, in collaboration with the World Bank, have visited Cross River to verify the state's readiness...
Governor Otu suspends cocoa estates verification exercise
The Governor of Cross River State, Senator Bassey Otu, has suspended the verification or re-verification exercise of government-owned cocoa estates...
Idoma Cassava Processing Plant to Create 1,000 Jobs in Cross River – Agric Commissioner
The newly established eight-metric-ton cassava processing mill in Idoma community, Cross River State, is set to create 1,000 direct jobs,...
Women engineers move to boost food production in Cross River
The Association of Professional Women Engineers of Nigeria (APWEN), has moved to boost food production in Cross River by providing...