The Minister of Environment and Climate Change has expressed government’s readiness to enforce the ban on illegal timber trade. Rohey Jones Manjang is currently on a nationwide tour with messages of climate change mitigation and embracement of environmental best practices. She’s also using the tour to express government’s ‘uncompromising’ posture[Read More…]
Agriculture
US$80m ROOTS Project Convulses From Funding Woes
Barely weeks to the last general election, President Adama Barrow launched the Resilience of Organizations for Transformative Smallholder Agricultural Project (ROOTS) amid pomp and ceremony but the project is now suffering inertia few months into its launch as much-needed funds were not forthcoming. The project is currently grappling with funding[Read More…]
Gambia Gov’t Reportedly Impounds ROOTS Vehicle
The Gambia government has impounded one of the vehicles of the Resilience of Organisations for Transformative Smallholder Agricultural Project (ROOTS), reports reaching JollofNews indicated. According to sources, government’s intention as regards the seized project vehicle wasn’t apparent but one of the informants was clear that the vehicle has been tinted[Read More…]
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