Gambia - New type of rice
Through spontaneous cross-breeding in the field between African and Asian rice cultivars, rice farmers in West Africa have developed a new type of rice according to Wageningen University in the...
View ArticleGambia - American beef imports
The 40 foot container of imported meat that allegedly arrived from the US and being sold at the KMC is said to have sold out completely by Saturday 12 September, barely three days after the...
View ArticleGambia - Promoting poultry production
Samsideen Jammeh, a poultry farmer at Makumbaya village in the Kombo North District of the country's Western region, has called on Gambians to venture into poultry farming.
View ArticleGambia - Groundnut Season progresses in Gambia
Farmers have been busy at the fringes of happenings, complaining about the price on offer this year. They are appealing to government for an adjustment, failure of which they threatened to sell their
View ArticleGambia - The cattle trade
Speaking at the inauguration ceremony, Alhagie Ganyie Touray, the governor of the region, commended PROGEBE for its laudable efforts in poverty reduction and strengthening food security
View ArticleGambia - Looking for farm investment
A major component in The Gambia's vision to become an export-oriented agricultural country by 2020 is the development of a robust agri-processing industry. Potential investors will benefit from the...
View ArticleGambia - Farming going backwards rather than forwards
All the time the issue of this fantasised Vision 2020 comes up there has been too much lenience to the subject. Now we have to go purely technical to settle for the truth about failure of Gambia’s day...
View ArticleGambia - Problems in the cattle industry
Eighteen cases of contagious bovine pleuropneumonia (CBPP) have been identified in Central River Region, Niamina Dankunku in Gambia.
View ArticleGambia - Poultry production
The African Development Bank (ADB), International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and the government of the Gambia funded the training programme, reports Daily Observer.
View ArticleGambia - 230,000 head of cattle get vaccinated
The Coordinator of the National Coordination Unit of the nationwide mass vaccination Campaign against Contagious Bovine Pleuropneumonia (CBPP) based at the Animal Health and Production Services,...
View ArticleGambia - Problems in the poultry industry
Gambia banned imports of frozen chicken legs after expelling one of the country's most powerful business magnates for stocking groceries months past their sell-by date.
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