Iloke Egbe
The desire to ensure that farmers make optimum use of the different Agricultural seasons available to the State and that farmers get the right information to manage their crops in respect of the crop production protocol, the Cross River State Government in collaboration with Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations, Global Environmental Facility Fund 7 and FOLUR-NG has organized train the trainers workshop for extension service delivery on sustainable and climate-smart cocoa, oil palm and food production.
Declaring the workshop open, the Commissioner for Agriculture and Irrigation Development Hon Johnson Ebokpo, represented by the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry Elder Dr. Odey Joseph Ikongha who asserted that the Ministry is pleased with the partnership between the State Government and FOLUR-NG and the support provided by FAO GEF 7 which has enabled stakeholders the needed capacity's through regular training and expressed the belief that with the train the trainers workshop for farmers and extension agents there will be improved results during harvest.
He used the occasion to thank the Governor, His Excellency Senator Prince Bassey Edet Otu for providing the needed environment for partners to perform their businesses without friction or conflicts, adding that the Ministry will continue to promote cordiality with partners.
Highlights of the event were goodwill messages from the Honourable Commissioner Ministry of International Donor Coordination, Elder Dr. Hippolatus Ogar Lukpata who took time to thank the Governor for providing purposeful leadership to the State, stating that the goodwill from the Governor has brought a lot of progress to the State in many areas, and that the train the trainers event was very timely.
Some of the topics presented were climate change and global warming, climate change impact on agriculture and food security. Basics of adaptation and mitigation in AFOLU sector against climate change. Others include climate smart cocoa and oil palm agroforestry system, achieving gender equality in climate change and agri-food system and gender, protection against sexual exploitation and abuse policy.
Dignitaries in attendance were the national project coordinator FOLUR-NG Prof. Oladapo Akinyemi, the project chief technical advisor Prof. Adebayo Shittu and the State project Coordinator FOLUR-NG Mr Cletus Ogbidi while facilitators were drawn from Cocoa Research institute of Nigeria CRIN, Nigeria Forest Research NIFOR and from different Universities, farmers and community groups from the eight local Government of the State where the project is operating.
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