Farmers to sell directly to foreign markets as Cross River cuts middlemen

… Moves to map 19,000 farms, reverse large-scale deforestation
Cross River State Commissioner for Agriculture and Irrigation Development Johnson Ebokpo, has said farmers will soon establish export contracts and transact directly with international buyers without unnecessary difficulties.
Ebokpo disclosed this in Calabar during a stakeholders’ validation workshop for the state’s updated Land Use and Land Cover Map, organised in collaboration with Pula Advisors, the Ministry of Agriculture and Irrigation and the State Forestry Commission.
He said the updated map is part of the state’s seven-year agricultural development roadmap for cocoa, coffee and oil palm, initiated in 2024.
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