Second Training Workshop on the Use and Application of EMA-i+ and EMPRES-i+
The Food and Agriculture...
Banjul – Efforts aimed at combating malnutrition through quality control of locally produced and imported food commodities in The Gambia received a huge boost on 29 May 2018 with the presentation of more than two dozen of a device meant to determine levels of vitamins and minerals in food and...
Banjul – One quarter of children under five and three quarters of women of reproductive age in The Gambia are malnourished and anemic respectively, according to the 2013 National Demographic Household Survey (DHS). The unacceptably high levels of micro-nutrients deficiencies in The Gambia are compounded by rapid population growth, high...
The Gambia, UNDP and FAO have joined forces to mitigate Climate Change impacts on agriculture and national development
06 March 2018
06 March 2018
6th March, Banjul - About 4 in 5 people in The Gambia are dependent on agriculture and the natural resources sector for their livelihoods. The agriculture sector alone contributes about 30 percent to GDP. Tourism and Fisheries are also key sectors of The Gambian economy. All these sectors face unprecedented...
13th February, Banjul, The Gambia - The Gambian Government, the Food and Agriculture organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the ECOWAS Commission have reiterated their commitment to the attainment of gender equality and women’s empowerment in the agriculture and rural sectors in The Gambia. They made...
Gambia`s Agriculture Minister, FAO call for innovation and concerted efforts to combat the FAW
30 January 2018
30 January 2018
30th January, Banjul, The Gambia - The Plant Protection Services (PPS) of the Department of Agriculture in close partnership the National Agricultural Research Institute (NARI) with support from The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) is stepping up efforts aimed at combating the threat of the Fall...
