Second Training Workshop on the Use and Application of EMA-i+ and EMPRES-i+
The Food and Agriculture...
Towards making fisheries more productive and sustainable for Zero Hunger
11 July 2020, Banjul — The Gambian Government and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) have renewed commitment to deepen their partnerships to accelerate the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) especially ending hunger and poverty...
Towards making fisheries more productive and sustainable for Zero Hunger
13 July 2020, Banjul — The Gambian Government and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) have renewed commitment to deepen their partnerships to accelerate the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) especially ending hunger and poverty...
FAO builds a Market Information System and website for the Gambia Livestock Marketing Agency
18 June 2020
18 June 2020
Harnessing the power of innovation to transform the livestock sub-sector in The Gambia
Banjul - The Gambia Livestock Marketing Agency (GLMA) and partners on 8 June 2020 validated its newly developed Marketing Information System (MIS) and website http://www.moa-glma.gm. The initiative seeks to facilitate real time collection and dissemination of livestock market...
Mustapha M. Ceesay, a Gambian national, has joined the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) Gambia Country Office as Assistant FAO Representative in charge of programmes on 4 May 2020. He brings to FAO a wealth of experience in agriculture and rural development, agricultural systems management, policy management,...
FAO and partners step up support for rice farmers as The Gambia battles COVID 19 pandemic
12 May 2020
12 May 2020
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in close partnership with the regional Agricultural Directorate in Sapu and the Agribusiness Service Unit under the Department of Agriculture is supporting 200 farmers in the Central River Region South (Jahali Pachar zone) to produce 700 tonnes of rice. The...