The Gambia government’s inability to adequately police the territorial waters has been responsible for significant loss of livelihoods and drop in household nutritional statuses but the government said it is making serious efforts to police the waters despite its admission of incapacity. The Minister of Fisheries, Hon. Musa Drammeh, was[Read More…]
Tag: Agriculture
Bachilly Says Fertilizer At D2000 Insane
One of President Adama Barrow’s senior coalition partners has called on the Gambian leader to show compassion and love to Gambian farmers by re-establishing the 2021 fertilizer price of D750, saying government’s current price tag of D2000 for a bag of fertilizer is insane. Musa Ousainou Yalli Bachilly made similar[Read More…]
Senegal Suspends Groundnut Export Tax
The decision to suspend Senegal’s groundnut export tax was made by President Macky Sall, during the last cabinet meeting. Official forecasts indicate a national production of 1.6 million tons of peanuts at the end of the 2021-2022 agricultural season. But because of the poor quality of the harvest, exporters and[Read More…]
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