Food & Agriculture

By Assan Bah  Dr Demba Sabally, Minister of Agriculture speaking to reporters at the launch of the 2024 'Tobaski' livestock sales, said up to seventy-seven...

By Makutu Manneh  The Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Food Security in a press release, announced on Tuesday, 11 June 2024 that it will sell a...

By: Kebba AF Touray The Gambia Standards Bureau (TGSB), the legal arm of Government mandated to develop and publish national standards in all sectors of...

WASHINGTON, May 2, 2024 - The World Bank's Board of Executive Directors has approved a $68.00 million financing for The Gambia Inclusive and Resilient Agricultural...

A press release from State House in Banjul dated 19 March 2024, indicates that President Barrow has instructed personnel of the Ministry of Agriculture...

By: Kebba AF Touray Agriculture Minister Sabally has admitted that the ministry’s units are faced with human resource and financing challenges in the execution of...

By Mustapha Jallow The Gam United Breeders Association (GUBA) on Tuesday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Department of Livestock under the...

By Lamin Fatty  Most groundnut buying points (seccos) in the Upper River Region continue to face cash shortages despite GGC recent announcement of the availability...

By Sariba Manneh Gambian groups from Sweden in collaboration with Future In Our Hands-The Gambia (FIOHTG) on Tuesday, 23 January 2024, inaugurated a cereal bank and...

By Lamin Fatty Groundnut farmers in the Upper River Region (URR) have expressed their disappointment with the government at this year’s groundnuts trade season. Some desperate...

By Nelson Manneh The women in Faraba-Sutu have recently abandoned their fertile wetlands due to intrusion of salt water into the swamplands (‘Faros’).Faraba-Sutu is located...

By Amadou Manjang The Ministry of Agriculture (MoA) Friday validated National Agroecology Plans for the Gambia. The validated documents are National Consultation Framework on Agroecology and...

By Biran Gaye For decades, Gambian farmers have continued to sell groundnut produce to government as the latter hardly provides adequate cash to purchase groundnuts...

By Momodou Jarju For almost eight years, Aja Musu Bah has laboured in the Gambia’s media fraternity. During this period, she has served as a...

 By Lamin Fatty The groundnut buying centres locally known as Seccos in the Upper and Central River Regions have not commenced buying groundnut from farmers...

By Madiba Singhateh Thirty-five (35) people have recently graduated from a 6-day training on bee keeping and honey harvesting organized by the National Bee Keepers Association...

By Lamin Fatty Farmers have described President Adama Barrow’s price of groundnut for this year’s trade season as shocking. President Adama Barrow announced the price of...

By Kebba Touray The Gambia Government is yet to determine the price of groundnut as farmers begin calls for the Government to consult them in...

By Lamin Fatty The farmers in the Upper River Region have demanded the Gambia Government to come up with a favourable price for groundnut as...

Despite Abandoning Their Farmlands at Casamance Border By Nelson Manneh   Farmers residing along border villages in Foni have revealed they anticipate good yield this year despite...