Agriculture and Food

Kerr Fatou - Kutubung Daala featuring Satoundingo of Kiang Batelling Mansa Kunda   By Dr Basil Jones, African Development Bank Let me acknowledge Kerr Fatou and say a big thank you to the presenter of the Kutubung Daala program…

The leader of the People’s Progressive Party, Papa Njie, has cautioned the Government to be alerted to a possible food crisis in the country if the drought being experienced in farming communities continues. In a press statement issued…

A former minister of environment, Bai Mass Taal, and four former top Government officials have written an open letter to President Adama Barrow urging him to rescind the decision to de-reserve a portion of Salagi Forest. Below is the…

Press Release Banjul, The Gambia – May 30th, 2019: The Gambia has made encouraging improvements in health and nutrition in the past five years, according to an Impact Evaluation Endline Results of the World Bank financed Maternal and…

The Turkish Corporation Coordination Agency (TIKA) has donated 8 tons of food items to Gambia’s Supreme Islamic Council for onward distribution to needy Muslims in the country. The donated food items include 200 bags of rice, 20 bags of…

Gambia National Army said its agricultural project will help the Government save up to D48 million. Gambian authorities spend D48 million on purchase of rice every year for the army. The spokesperson of the Gambian army, Major Lamin…

Gambian police have charged two former permanent secretaries and one official at the ministry of agriculture in connection to the infamous fertilizer scandal which engulfed the agriculture ministry about a year ago. Former permanent…

A Turkish energy company operating in Gambia, Karpowership, has donated food items to three orphanages in the country on Friday. The company donated 90 bags of rice, 15 bags of onion, 15 gallons of 40 liter oil and loaves of bread. The…

Gambian tourism minister tells Anadolu Agency country's tourism sector boosting beyond their expectations Tourism is one of the most important sectors for Gambia as it contributes one fourth to the country’s total gross domestic product…

The Turkish Government has donated laboratory equipment to support Gambia’s only groundnut oil processing factory to be able to test its products for Aflatoxin. The equipment and consumables worth about two million dalasi will give the…