Former President of the Indigenous Business Associations (IBAS), Mr. Sarjo Bayang, was not convinced that President Adama Barrow and his government were serious about boosting food production and nutritional security. To Mr. Bayang, whose job was to support the development of local businesses in The Gambia, delivery of primitive farming[Read More…]
Agriculture
Env. Min. ‘Ready’ To Enforce Ban On Illegal Timber Trade
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…]
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…]
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