Akwa Ibom Food Fair Opens On December 11th, According To Organisers

The Nigeria Agribusiness and Agriculture Development Initiative said that it has finalised plans to hold a small food fair to highlight the delicious foods that Akwa Ibom State is renowned for producing.
The second Agribusiness Roundtable Conference, scheduled to take place in the state between December 11 and 13, 2022, will include the proposed food expo.
This was said on Monday by the program’s South-South coordinator, Mr. Howard Usen, during a press conference to highlight the conference’s activities under the topic “Thriving in a Dwindling Economy.”
Usen said that Afang soup is consumed widely throughout the world and that there is a need to promote this aspect of the state’s reputation in order to export it.
He said, “Another component of the second edition of Agribusiness Roundtable Conference is the mini food fair. Anywhere you go people always say ‘Calabar Kitchen’. So we are trying to organise a mini food fair that will showcase the rich delicacies that Akwa Ibom State is known for. Go to anywhere in the world, people are eating Afang soup, we are trying to say how can we showcase this area that Akwa Ibom is known for towards exporting it.”
He said that the theme of the conference is unique considering the depressed economy occasioned by the Russia-Ukraine war.

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Usen, who noted that the Russia-Ukraine war which preceded the COVID-19 pandemic that affected every country, said there was need for organisations and individuals to chart a way forward and develop new mindsets on how to survive and move forward.
He disclosed that besides the conference, plans had also been concluded to launch the centre for Innovative and Sustainable Agriculture which would serve as a business hub for the South-South and South-East region.
He said that the centre would be to the region what International Institute of Tropical Agriculture is to the South-West.
He said, “We also have a launching of the Centre for Innovative and Sustainable Agriculture. We found out that in the whole of South-South and South-East there is no such organisation.
“The centre will utilise untapped potentials of agriculture in the area where Nigeria South-South region and environs have comparative advantage such as sea food, vegetables, palm oil and cassava whose processing for local consumption and export will generate substantial revenue.”
“A fully established centre for innovative and sustainable agriculture would be the leading seat of innovative solutions in value addition to locally produced goods and indeed serve as a major hub in the South-East and South-South regions.”

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