(JollofNews) – The Gambian Government and the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) Friday signed a US$6.2 million (equivalent to D283, 604,855.60) project agreement designed to reduce the impacts of climate variability and change in the Gambia’s agriculture and livestock sector. The four-year project will support the implementation[Read More…]
Agriculture
FAO Helps Gambia Formulate 5-year Fisheries Plan
(JollofNews)- With support from the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), the Gambia’s Ministry of Fisheries and its stakeholders Thursday endorsed a strategy and action plan 2015-2020, during a seminar in Banjul. Organisers confirmed that the strategy sets out the Ministry of Fisheries’ “vision for the future” of the fisheries and[Read More…]
Gambia Gov’t Concern At Indiscriminate Bushfire
(JollofNews) – The Gambia’s Department of Forestry has expressed concern at outbreaks of indiscriminate bushfires around the country. It said that it has been receiving reports of rampant and indiscriminate bushfire around the country with devastating efforts to the country’s forest cover. The Department said as the government of the[Read More…]