Farmers Lament High Cost of Fertilizer, Unfertile Land
Ahead of the Rainy Season
Voice Of The Voiceless Column
With Biran Gaye
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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...
In Retrospect
In Memory to the Late Abdoulie G. Dibba
TAKING STOCK OF AGRIC PROGRAMES AND PROJECTS
This column is devoted to monitoring and reporting on issues that...
Farmers Rushing to Seccos After Cash Availability News Broke out
By Lamin Fatty
Farmers in URR rush to their groundnuts buying points(seccos) when the news of cash availability broke out on Sunday, 9 January, 2022.
Accordingly,...
Groundnuts Trade Season 2021/ 2022 In The Fonis
By Louise Jobe
Foroyaa sent this Reporter in Foni to monitor this year’s groundnut buying and selling process.
Some farmers were interviewed in Sintet, Sangajor, Bwiam...
In Memory of Abdoulie G. Dibba (late)
By Tijan B. R. Njie
Foroyaa has lost a great treasure in the person of Abdoulie Gibril Dibba, the former anchorman of ‘Farmers’ Eye’ Column....
GGC Explains Attack on Secco, Says Money Stolen Not Significant
By Mustapha Jallow
Muhammad Njie, the Managing Director of National Food Security Processing and Marketing Corporation formerly Gambia Groundnut Corporation (GGC), on Thursday said the...
Armed Robbers Attack ‘Secco’, Go Away With Cash
By Abdoulai G. Dibba
Information reaching this medium has it that Armed Robbers on Tuesday night, 21 December, 2021 attacked Bakalaar buying centre (Secco) and...
Groundnuts Purchasing Commences at ‘Seccos’
By: Kebba AF Touray
As this medium continues monitoring this year’s groundnut market season, it has been reliably informed that buying centers (seccos) at Bansang...
Buying of Groundnut at ‘seccos’ yet to Commence in Wuli East
By: Kebba AF Touray
Barely two days after the official opening of this year’s groundnut market season, farmers in some villages in the Wuli East...
URR Farmers Concerned About Late Start of Groundnut Trade Season
By Lamin Fatty
Basse, 13th December, 2021: Groundnut farmers in the Upper River Region (URR) have expressed their concerns over the late official announcement of...
Farmers’ Association Launches Caravan on Global Convergence Struggle
By: Aja Musu Bah-Daffeh
The National Coordinating Organization for Farmers' Association The Gambia (NACOFAG) on Saturday, 20 November, 2021 officially launched their caravan on global...
Women gardeners decry losses due to lack of storage facilities, water...
By Mariama Marong
Women gardeners in Sukuta, West Coast Region, have decried the losses they incurred in marketing their products due to lack of storage...
Mystic Limited CEO Says Mystic Farms Stand to Support Local Farmers
By Yankuba Jallow
Penda Matty Bah, the founder and CEO of Mystic Company Limited said Mystic Farms will use sustainable livestock and agriculture to improve...
Dry Spell Worries Farmers in URR
By Lamin Fatty
Farmers in the Upper River Region (URR) have expressed their worries regarding the dry spell being experienced in their region and...
Differently Abled Seeks Assistance To Fence His Banana Orchard
By Nelson Manneh
Sangmarie Correa, a young differently abled Gambian planning to change the narrative of gardening in The Gambia, is seeking assistance to fence...
Heavy Down Pour Marks the start of Farming Season in URR
By Lamin Fatty
Wednesday 9th June 2021 marks the beginning of 2021 farming season after a heavy down pour in Upper River Region.
But very few...
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...
Focus On Rice Self-Sufficiency
This Column is devoted to monitor and report on issues that relate to production, processing, preservation and marketing of agricultural produce, aimed at ensuring...
Focus On The Rice Value Chain Project
This Column is devoted to monitor and report on issues that relate to production, processing, preservation and marketing of agricultural produce aimed at ensuring...
