United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) has awarded $28.5 million to The Gambia to assist the country’s food security program. The funds are being awarded through the McGovern-Dole International Food for Education and Child Nutrition Program, which is administered by USDA’s Foreign Agricultural Service. This award is part of President[Read More…]
Agriculture
Government Clarifies Marked Impacts On Tanbi Wedlands Complex
The Gambia government has clarified the impacts of human activities on the Tanbi wedlands as Banjulians are raising concerns about the continued depletion of the mangroves cover in the capital city. The Gambia government spokesperson, Ebrima G. Sankareh, told reporters Thursday that the Jammeh regime allocated in 2006 part of[Read More…]
Gambia’s Grinding Food Poverty Sees Monkeys Attack Kitchens & Cats Abandon Owners
The pervasive food insecurity, which many Gambian households currently grapple with, has not also spared domesticated and wild animals in some neighbourhoods as monkeys get ever closer to the kitchen and cats ditching owners. Housewives around the Bijilo Monkey Park have been complaining of monkey intrusions into the kitchens. The[Read More…]
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