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…]
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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…]
Agriculture, Fisheries, Environment Ministries Brief President Barrow On National Development Plan
Heads of the Gambia’s Ministries of Agriculture, Fisheries and the Environment Wedsday briefed President Adama Barrow on activities related to the implementation of the National Development Plan (NDP) 2018-2021. In its briefing, the Ministry of Agriculture reported that it has completed the review of its ten year policy for the[Read More…]

