FAO Hands Over New Fish Smokehouses
The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) on Friday 9th December 2022, handed over two new and environmentally friendly ‘FAO Thiaroye Technique (FTT)’ model fish...
Ex-Farmers’ Association President Says Government Should Still Increase The Price of...
By: Kebba AF Touray
Alkali Jatta, a veteran farmer and former President of the Gambia Farmer’s Platform, has reacted to Government's announcement of D32,000 as...
Price of Groundnut Pegged At D32 Thousand per Tonne
By: Kebba AF Touray / Hatab Nyang
President Adama Barrow has announced that the price for a ton of groundnut during the 2023 groundnut trade...
Gambia In Catch-22 Situation As Prices Of Essential Commodities Continue To...
By Makutu Manneh
For the past three years, the prices of essential commodities continue to soar in the country. The issue—which is a hot-topic discussed...
QOTD: Is Government Now Responsible For Determining The Price Of Groundnuts?
During his tour the president of the republic did announce that the price of groundnuts will be put at D32,000 per tonne. In the...
FSQA Urges Compliance in Investigating Expired Products
By Assan Bah
Muhtarr Sonko, Principal Inspector at the Food Safety and Quality Authority, has called on shopkeepers and shop owners to comply with their...
Agriculture Ministry Launches Project To Increase Food, Nutritional Security
By Makutu Manneh / Assan Bah
The Ministry of Agriculture has launched a project on Wednesday August 17th 2022, to increase the country’s food and...
Tujereng Gardeners Call for remedy after devastating flood
By Mariama Marong
Tujereng women gardeners have recently called on the government to remedy their devastating situation that occurred due to the July 2022 flooding...
Farmers Heave a Sigh Of Relief At Commencement of Rains
After Lengthy Dry Spell
By: Kebba AF Touray
Farmers across the country but specifically in the Sandu District of the Upper River Region, can now heave...
Dry Spell Affects Farming Community 
By: Kebba AF Touray
The current dry spell across the country is posing threats to the production aspiration of farmers as they commenced planting on...
IMVF Concludes Agribusiness Convergence
By: Kebba AF Touray
The IMVF has recently concluded a two-day agriculture business convergence for the grantees of the IMVF under the Tekki Fii Project.
The...
Feature: No ordinary irrigation in The Gambia
Innovative solar-powered technologies are securing access to water for rural communities
Across many parts of rural Gambia, women farmers often start their days before dawn...
“Secco” Agrees To Sell Fertiliser To Palen-Wollof,
Resident Farmers Still Lament Discontentment
By Mustapha Jallow
Barely two days after farmers in Palen-Wolof of Sabach Sanjal District in North Bank Region (NBR) claimed...
Farmers in Palen-Wolof fear their crops will die after “secco” refused...
By Mustapha Jallow
Farmers in Palen-Wolof of Sabach Sanjal District in the North Bank Region (NBR) are extremely worried about their fresh-grown crops dying after...
GGC Managing Director Says Fertilizer Procurement Process Was Transparent
By: Kebba AF Touray
The Managing Director of The Gambia Groundnut Corporation (GGC) now called National Food Security Processing and Marketing Corporation (NFSPMC), Muhammed Njie,...
GIRAV Project Hands Over Tablets to Department of Agriculture
By: Kebba AF Touray
The Gambia Inclusive Resilience Agricultural Value Chain Development Project (GIRAV), under the Central Projects Coordinating Unit of the Ministry of Agriculture,...
Government Announces Reduction in Price of Fertilizer 
By: Kebba AF Touray
The Gambia Government under the Leadership of President Adama Barrow through its Spokesperson, yesterday announced a reduction in the price of...
ERI Hands Over Aquaculture Facility To Solicita Federation
By Ndey Sowe
The European Research Institute (ERI) on Monday, May 23, 2022, handed over an over D4 million Aquaculture Facility project to Solicita Federation...
Farmers Lament Low Price of Cashew Nuts
By Nelson Manneh
Cashew farmers have lamented the price of cashew nuts this year, noting that it has drastically fallen down compared to other commodities...
Domestic Poultry Production At Risk Due to Shortage of Feed
By Mustapha Jallow & Assan Bah
Accordong to information gathered by these reporters, domstic poultry producers face high risks of loosing their birds due to...
