Agriculture and Food

Press Release Banjul, The Gambia – May 30th, 2019: The Gambia has made encouraging improvements in health and nutrition in the past five years, according to an Impact Evaluation Endline Results of the World Bank financed Maternal and…

The Turkish Corporation Coordination Agency (TIKA) has donated 8 tons of food items to Gambia’s Supreme Islamic Council for onward distribution to needy Muslims in the country. The donated food items include 200 bags of rice, 20 bags of…

Gambia National Army said its agricultural project will help the Government save up to D48 million. Gambian authorities spend D48 million on purchase of rice every year for the army. The spokesperson of the Gambian army, Major Lamin…

Gambian police have charged two former permanent secretaries and one official at the ministry of agriculture in connection to the infamous fertilizer scandal which engulfed the agriculture ministry about a year ago. Former permanent…

A Turkish energy company operating in Gambia, Karpowership, has donated food items to three orphanages in the country on Friday. The company donated 90 bags of rice, 15 bags of onion, 15 gallons of 40 liter oil and loaves of bread. The…

Gambian tourism minister tells Anadolu Agency country's tourism sector boosting beyond their expectations Tourism is one of the most important sectors for Gambia as it contributes one fourth to the country’s total gross domestic product…

The Turkish Government has donated laboratory equipment to support Gambia’s only groundnut oil processing factory to be able to test its products for Aflatoxin. The equipment and consumables worth about two million dalasi will give the…

France has on Monday delivered on its promise made in Brussels by signing a €50 million grant with The Gambian government. Finance minister Mambury Njie, and Rémy RIOUX, Chief Executive Officer of the Agence Française de Dévelopement…

The new protocol covers a period of 6 years and will offer EU vessels the possibility to fish 3300 tons of tuna and tuna-like species as well as 750 tons of hake per year in the Gambian waters. Last Friday, the EU and The Republic of…

After a year of inactivity, irregular migration has picked up in 2018 though to a slow start. Kerr Fatou tracks progresses and shortcomings on implementation of Gambia's youth empowerment policies. By Mustapha K Darboe With an…