FOCUS ON GROUNDNUT
This Column is devoted to monitor and report on issues that relate to production, processing, preservation and marketing of agricultural produce, aimed at ensuring...
GGC Debunks Claims of Cash Shortage at ‘Seccos’
By Kebba Secka and Kebba Mamburrey
The Managing Director of the Gambia Groundnuts Cooperative Company, Muhammed Njie, has refuted claims that there is shortage of...
Insufficient Cash Hinders Groundnut Buying At Njau Secco
By Kebba Secka
Authorities at the Njau Secco in CRR North have confirmed to this reporter that daily insufficient cash disbursements, is hindering the buying...
Rice Import Rises, Production Declines, Despite Donor Intervention
Abdoulai G. Dibba
The importation of rice is rising year- in and year- out while the national production level is declining annually despite donor intervention...
WFP Supports Women Farmers with Seeds, Farm Tools
By Ndey Sowe
World Food Programme (WFP) has through Gambia Red Cross Society (GRCS) supported women farmers with seeds and farm tools in selected Community...
Farmers Anticipate Bumper Harvest
By Kebba secka
Despite the coronavirus's devastating effects on most countries' economies which the Gambia is no exception, farmers in the country are hopeful of...
Buzz Women Inaugurate Borehole for Sukuta Women Gardeners
By Isatou Kanyi
‘Buzz Women’ an NGO engaged in women activism in the Gambia, on Tuesday 26th September 2020 inaugurated a borehole with overhead tanks...
The Untold Story OF Youths In Berending Championing Agricultural Production
By Momodou Jarju
Agriculture is not a go-to adventure for most Gambian youths. The sector still remains the main contributor to the country’s annual wealth...
Fifty youths to be trained on rice agronomy
By Makutu Manneh
The Youth Ministry plans to train 50 young people on rice agronomy which is the science and technology of producing and using...
Vegetables Sellers Urge Government to Build Storage Facilities
By Nelson Manneh
Vegetables sellers at the Serrekunda market urged the Government to build storage facilities where they can keep their vegetables for long periods...
Agric. Ministry Distributes Hundreds of Farming Equipment To Reduce Women’s Drudgery
By Momodou Jarju
The Ministry of Agriculture has begun distributing different types of farming equipment to various regions across the country in a bid to...
Price of fertilizer pegged at D700
By Nelson Manneh
The National Food Security Processing and Marketing Corporation (NFSPMC) said the price for fertilizer was pegged at seven hundred Dalasi per 50...
Mira Farms lay-off Two Women Kafos Due To Covid-19
By Momodou Jarju
Co-founder of Mira Farms Limited, Mandou Fofana, has revealed that two women groups, locally called Kafos, have lost their job with them...
GAF still resolute to implement first-ever major agricultural project
By Yankuba Jallow
GAF’s public relations officer, Major Lamin K. Sanyang said they are still firm in their pursuit of implementing their first-ever large scale...
GGC Delivers 2,000 Metric Tons of Compound Fertilizer
By Makutu Manneh
The National Food Security, Processing and Marketing Corporation formerly GGC, under its mandate to procure and deliver fertilizer to the farming communities,...
Sutukoba Horticultural Gardeners Extol NEMA Project, but…
By Kebba Touay
Women horticultural gardeners of Sutukoba village in the Wuli District have praised the NEMA Project, for the establishment of a new garden...
Agric Minister Briefs IFAD on the Status of Agriculture in The...
The Hon. Minister for Agriculture Amie Faburay was recently in Rome, Italy to attend the 43rd session of the Governing Council of the International...
Agric Minister Hands Over Equipment To Farmers In CRR North
Abdoulai G. Dibba
The Minister of Agriculture Amie Fabureh on Friday February 7,2020 concluded a three-day tour of Central River Region North in which she...
National Platform for Non-state Actors in Fisheries / Aquaculture Installed
By Madiba Singhateh
The Regional Platform of Non-state Actors of Fisheries Aquaculture sector in West Africa concluded a two-day meeting on 30th January to install...
Rice Production Declines As Consumption Increases
Abdoulai G. Dibba
Rice production is in gradual and general decline, when the national rice requirement for Gambians as their staple food, continues to increase.
According...
