Despite last year’s poor performance of the groundnut crop, The Gambia government has maintained the retail price of a bag of fertilizer at D1100. Also last year, fertilizer was sold to groundnut farmers at D1100, but yields dropped significantly, hugely affecting their income statuses. Many peanut farmers rely heavily on[Read More…]
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Gov’t Increased Fertilizer Cost To Teach Farmers Lesson – Dou Sanno
Presidential adviser Dou Sanno has asserted that since farmers were “abusing the cheap fertilizer” supplied to them in the last cropping season, the government decided to teach them a lesson this time around. The presidential adviser told Star FM this morning that some Gambian farmers were “profiteering” from the relatively[Read More…]
Prospect Of Extreme Hunger Looms Large As Fertilizer Price Soar
Inadequacy of soil nutrients could lead to extreme hunger in many Gambian communities as farmers now lost any hope of accessing the expensive fertilizer sold by the government. There were also fears the expected extreme hunger situation could have devastating effects on livestock. Many rural Gambian households depend on farming[Read More…]
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