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Technical Discussions prompt a paradigm shift towards rethinking our food systems and poverty reduction strategies 20 December 2019,Banjul - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) gathered 50 experts in various field to participate in the five-day workshop titled the “Value Chain Analyses of 10 Selected Agro-commodities in...

Banjul – “We are relying on you, and will surely dependent on you  if we are to become self-sufficient in food”, Demba Trawally, Acting Deputy Director General of the National Agricultural Research Institute (NARI) tells the 25 young scientists  they are currently training in plant breeding. The Gambia is a net...

Banjul - “The doctors of the future will no longer treat the human frame with drugs, but rather will cure and prevent disease with nutrition” - Thomas Edison. The quote by the inventor of the lightbulb, Thomas Edison, aligns with the Food and Agriculture Organization’s (FAO) strong commitment to eradicate all...

The Westfield Monument was transformed this Tuesday the 15 October 2019 by the presence of musicians, singers, dancers, colour balloons, farmers and their bio-fortified produces. They created the festive backdrop for FAO’s launch of the two mobile “Healthy Diet Caravans” that in the coming days will travel around the country to...

Banjul - The Forestry Department in close partnership with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has trained 25 forest management committee members on how to raise and manage viable tree nurseries for sustainable ecosystem restoration and improved livelihoods. The activity was supported by the “Action Against...