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…]
Agriculture
Food Security Is Gambia’s Most Current Lingering Agriculture Problem
Gambian agriculture technocrats has agreed that the most current lingering problem feared to cause setback on the countries food security is the invasion of pests on crops, particularly the presence of a dreadful crop destructive pest called Fall Army Worm (FAW) which was discovered last year. During a day synergy[Read More…]
Visiting Scholar Urges Gambians To Not Succumb To Fear About GMOs
(JollofNews) – Visiting Professor Dr. Paulo Pages de Andrade has urged Gambians to not succumb to fear surrounding the use of agriculture biotechnology. The Federal University of Petmambuco (UFPE) lecturer said some campaigners are spreading fear of Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs) without any scientific background. The Brazilian scholar was speaking[Read More…]