After comforting them with the promise that his government was ready to buy their peanuts before 1 December of last year, President Adama Barrow has yet to deliver his promise. Currently, there is a pervasive fear in the groundnut growing community over credit buying despite Mr. Barrow’s assurance of smooth[Read More…]
Tag: Gambian farmers
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…]
The Tour Was Very Good, Well Organized – President Barrow
President Adama Barrow has Wednesday expressed satisfaction at the just concluded Phase One of ‘Meet The People Tour’ during which he had interface with Gambian farmers, women’s groups etc. The tour also provided him with the opportunity to hold on-site visits and have face-to-face conversation with technicians, community leaders, government[Read More…]