C/Rivers engages Israelis on rice farming

Governor Ben Ayade of Cross River State has engaged Israeli agricultural experts to help improve rice farming in the state. He said he purposely engaged the Israeli experts for them to provide technical skills for rice farmers in the state. Ayade spoke in Calabar when he signed a pact with the government of Israel to […]

Governor Ben Ayade of Cross River State has engaged Israeli agricultural experts to help improve rice farming in the state.

He said he purposely engaged the Israeli experts for them to provide technical skills for rice farmers in the state.

Ayade spoke in Calabar when he signed a pact with the government of Israel to train 1000 rice farmers on modern farming techniques.

At an orientation exercise for the farmers at the Ayade Industrial Park, the governor stated that the training was to create wealth for farmers through capacity building and access to modern farming techniques and equipment.

“Cross River is fully prepared to become number one rice producer in Nigeria with the training and equipping of over 1000 farmers with 21st century farming skills in the first phase of the programme.