Tuesday, May 7, 2024

Food & Agriculture

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...

Rural Farmers Call for Timely Provision of Fertilizer, Farming Inputs

By: Kebba AF Touray Scores of farmers from Upper River Region South have called on the authorities to ensure timely provision of fertilizer and farming...

Minister Says Agriculture Goes Beyond Crop, Livestock Production

By Fatou B Cham Information Officer, MoA The Minister of Agriculture Amie Faburay, on Thursday 21st April 2022 embarked on a monitoring and visibility tour of...

Agric. Minister Tours Poultry Scheme for “Backway” Returnees

By Fatou B Cham, Information Officer, MoA The Minister of Agriculture Amie Faburay, on Thursday 21st April 2022 visited the Poultry scheme in Giboro, for...

FAO, NaNA, Partners Validate 2021 Rapid Food Consumption Survey Report

To Inform Fortification Policies 07 April 2022, Banjul :– The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and partners on Thursday 7th April...

Technical Advisor Says Beekeeping An Alternative To Address Impact of Climate...

By Mariama Marong / Madiba Singateh Beekeeping is a non-cropping activity that can serve as a suitable alternative to transform livelihoods of small scale rural...

Heritage Agro-Business, Farmers Sign Contract Cooperation

By Ndey Sowe A group of farmers from both the West Coast and North Bank Regions, have recently convened a contract signing ceremony with Gambia...

Why Are There Delays In The Purchase Of Groundnuts At Some...

QUESTION OF THE DAY Foroyaa has received reports of long delays in the purchase of groundnuts at some depots. Farmers who have taken their groundnuts...

Lower Saloum Farmers Optimistic Of More Groundnuts For Gov’t If Price...

By Kebba Secka Scores of farmers in Lower Saloum and secco officials are anticipating more groundnuts for the government if the buying price is increased...