An estimated 89000 people in the Gambia will be in need of food assistance between this June and August due to the drop in 2018 production of groundnuts, the major cash crop, a regional study has revealed. According to The Cadre Harmonisé (CH), a current regional framework aimed to prevent[Read More…]
Agriculture
Gambia Gov’t Injects Additional D396 Million To Groundnut Trade Season
(JollofNews) – In the wake of recent publications and concerns expressing fear over the viability of the groundnut trade season, His Excellency President Adama Barrow wishes to inform Gambians especially our farming community, that his government attaches great significance to agriculture and that the purchase of groundnuts from our hard[Read More…]
Gambian Entrepreneur Among 2018 World Export Development Forum Finalists
A Gambian social entrepreneur is among seven Africans who will take the centre-stage at this year’s World Export Development Forum (WEDF) to pitch their business ideas to a panel of judges with a chance of winning seed funding to develop or scale up their projects. Omar Jallow from Basori Village,[Read More…]