{"id":244197,"date":"2022-11-29T08:28:50","date_gmt":"2022-11-29T06:28:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-newsroom.com\/press\/gambia-president-barrow-urges-farmers-to-locally-sell-their-produce?lang=en"},"modified":"2022-11-29T08:28:50","modified_gmt":"2022-11-29T06:28:50","slug":"gambia-president-barrow-urges-farmers-to-locally-sell-their-produce","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/gambia-president-barrow-urges-farmers-to-locally-sell-their-produce\/","title":{"rendered":"Gambia: President Barrow Urges Farmers to Locally Sell their Produce"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-newsroom.com\/files\/large\/898d5d5e7ac2295\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.africa-newsroom.com\/files\/large\/898d5d5e7ac2295\" alt=\"Office of The President- Republic of the Gambia\" style=\"max-width:500px\" \/><\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-newsroom.com\/files\/download\/898d5d5e7ac2295\">Download logo<\/a><br \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.africa-newsroom.com\/africarc\/loganalytics?press_id=228164&amp;press_source=Office of The President- Republic of the Gambia\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<p>On the second day of the President&rsquo;s 2022 Meet the People Tour, President Barrow embarked on several site visits, which included the new Governor&rsquo;s office and Residence in Kerewan, the PIA training centre also in kerewan and the Kerr Kuta farms in Kuntair.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>At the Kerr Kuta farms, President Barrow was taken on a tour of the farm, where young people from the village are engaged in vegetable farming, poultry and small ruminant production. He commended Mr. Abu khan, a native of Kerr Kuta, for funding the project, thus employing the community youths.<\/p>\n<p>The President then proceeded to the day&#039;s first meeting in Badibu Gunjur, informing the crowd that the government would introduce D4000 more on the price for a ton of groundnut. This will increase the price from D28,000 in 2021 to D32,000. This initiative supports farmers in gaining good profits from their harvest.<\/p>\n<p>The President said the government had spent 500 million Dalasi on fertiliser subsidies between 2021-2022. He urged farmers to sell their produce locally and not to foreign vendors.<\/p>\n<p>President Barrow expressed similar sentiments at the day&#039;s second meeting in Farafenni, where he further urged Gambians to support the country&rsquo;s development efforts.<\/p>\n<p>The Honorable Minister for Gender, Children and Social Welfare, Fatou Kinteh, who spoke at one of the meetings, announced the disbursement of over 7 million dalasis in support funds to more than 50 women groups through the Women Enterprise Fund initiative.<\/p>\n<p><i>Distributed by APO Group on behalf of Office of The President- Republic of the Gambia.<\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-newsroom.com\/\">Source: Africa Newsroom &#8211; APO<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Download logo On the second day of the President&rsquo;s 2022 Meet the People Tour, President Barrow embarked on several site visits, which included the new Governor&rsquo;s office and Residence in Kerewan, the PIA training centre also in kerewan and the Kerr Kuta farms in Kuntair. 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