Dr Sidat Yaffa, a Research Agronomist at the University of Gambia, discusses how seeds must be adapted to withstand climate change, as well as how to address soil fertility challenges.
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www.ChildFund.org --A group of children and youth in the West African country The Gambia used cameras, tape recorders and video to present both the challenges and assets in their own community.
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Gambian Dictator continues to steal farm lands and parks in Rural Gambia
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Part 1 of a video collage of the Kamara family farming in The Gambia.
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Part 2 of a video collage of the Kamara family farming in The Gambia.
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Part 3 of a video collage of the Kamara family farming in The Gambia.
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The women of Mandinaba, The Gambia, in west Africa generate income by crocheting coin purses from strips of recycled plastic bags (read on to find out where to buy). To a soundtrack of Baaba Maal from the CD Missing You (Mi Yeewnii), track: Jamma Jenngii; if you like it, please buy it. Want to buy a purse? Check out GambiaHELP, which sells purses from the women of Njau (the place where this project began) at www.gambiahelp.org For more info on the founder of these projects, See a short video of interview with Isatou Ceesay on this channel. The Mandinaba Womens' Recycling Group is a 14-member associationin the small West African village of Mandinaba located in the Western Region of The Gambia. The village has an estimated population of 2500. There are eight different ethnic groups, the majority being the Mandinka, Jola and Fula tribes. Farming is the most common occupation for the village residents. Farmers cultivate crops including groundnuts (peanuts), millet, bananas, mangos and oranges. The village women also do gardening and produce vegetable crops including cabbage, onions, peppers and okra. These crops are then sold at local market and are the main source of income for the women. Employment opportunities for women go little beyond this with the exception of small-scale business endeavors such as soap making, fish pie, and tie/dye making. It was under these circumstances that the recycling group was formed. A Peace Corp volunteer Health and Community extension agent ...
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The Gambia River Basin Cashew Value Chain Enhancement Project (CEP) aims to strengthen the cashew value chain and increase the incomes of smallholder cashew farmers and processors in The Gambia, Senegal, and Guinea Bissau. By increasing incomes, the project helps improve food security by providing training to cashew farmers, seeds for higher yielding varieties, new cultivation techniques, nutrition education, land management practices, and small-scale units to process and use all parts of the cashew fruit and nut. Learn more about this fascinating program.
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The Gambia/the Republic of The Gambia and which is commonly known as Gambia by its residents, is a country in Western Africa. The Gambia is the smallest country on mainland Africa, bordered to the north, east, and south by Senegal, with a small coast on the Atlantic Ocean in the west. Its borders roughly correspond to the path of the Gambia River, the nation's namesake, which flows through the country's center and empties into the Atlantic Ocean. Its size is almost 10500 km2 with an estimated population of 1700000. On 18 February 1965, The Gambia was granted independence from the United Kingdom and joined The Commonwealth. Banjul is The Gambia's capital, but the largest conurbation is Serekunda. The Gambia shares historical roots with many other west African nations in the slave trade, which was key to the establishment of a colony on the Gambia river, first by the Portuguese and later by the British. Since gaining independence in 1965, The Gambia has enjoyed relative stability, with the exception of a brief period of military rule in 1994. An agriculturally rich country, its economy is dominated by farming, fishing, and tourism. About a third of the population live below the international poverty line of US$1.25 a day.
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A call made by all the most prominent African leaders and by our President... to me it's normal to sensitize people as a Sarahulleh or Soninke.... Farming has been our work for centuries, till now we are the biggest farmers...
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This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report, from voaspecialenglish.com Suppose you eat rice every day. But one day you go to the store and discover that the price is more than you can pay. That happened to millions of people two years ago at the height of the world food crisis. Between April of two thousand seven and March of two thousand eight the price of rice doubled in many places. Economists blamed the crisis on different causes, including high energy costs, bad weather and the use of food-crop lands for biofuel production. High food prices pushed more people in developing countries into poverty and hunger. Some researchers say people living in cities in West Africa may have suffered most of all.Geographers from three American colleges did a study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. William Moseley of Macalester College in Minnesota led the study. The team looked at thirty years' worth of information on food security and agricultural policy in Gambia, Ivory Coast and Mali. Most of the research centered on rice, an important crop in those three West African countries. The researchers say Gambia and Ivory Coast suffered more during the food crisis than Mali did. They say this was because people in Gambia and Ivory Coast had come to depend on imported rice. Local rice production fell after the countries reduced farm supports and import taxes under free market reforms. That meant rice farmers were not only earning less but facing ...
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Gambia is Good, Concern Universal, The Gambia January 2010
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Aisha's smoked fish business is thriving thanks to the small yet vital loan she received from MH two years ago. The Drammeh family is looking forward to similar business success with their poultry farm MH is helping setup for them... For further information about Muslim Hands visit muslimhands.org
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This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report, from voaspecialenglish.com Today we continue telling about a report by three geography experts from American colleges. They studied food security in Gambia, Ivory Coast and Mali over thirty years. In the nineteen eighties, governments and lenders like the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund changed market policies. They launched free markets designed to improve agriculture. The report, however, suggests that the changes caused loss of important support systems for farmers. Private investment in agriculture largely replaced government help. In some places, roads and mills built to help farmers fell into ruin. Protectionist import taxes and farm supports were cut. Farmers planted more of their best crops, or cash crops, for export. They planted fewer food crops for local use. Less costly rice came into the ports of Gambia and Ivory Coast. Many city people in those countries liked the cheap rice more than rice grown locally. Researcher Judith Carney works at the University of California at Los Angeles. She said buying the cheaper imported rice worked well until the worldwide food crisis of two thousand eight. Then, many people could not pay for an important part of their diet. Researcher Laurence Becker of Oregon State University said some local farmers stopped farming. Food production fell and unemployment rose. The researchers said people in Mali were able to deal better with the food crisis. Malis farmers ...
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This charity has been set up to help provide sustainable organic food, farming and employment to rural villages in Africa.
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'Helping to promote education through football and develop communities in the Gambia (West Africa)' Football Gambia is a small non-profit UK registered charity, which promotes education through football in the Gambia (West Africa). We work with communities, football clubs academies and schools to ensure the children and youth attend school and live a healthy lifestyle. Football Gambia is not just about football -- our main goal is to educate the children of the Gambia. We provide educational materials, text books, notepads, pencils etc to nurseries and schools, all over the country, providing the children with the 'right tools' to enhance their education. As a bonus, we also provide the children with quality football equipment and they receive professional football coaching. We encourage a Farming Academy where members of youth football clubs are required to cultivate land to produce vegetables and fruit for their communities. www.footballgambia.org
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Children farming inMali, Burkina Faso, Senegal, Gambia, Tanzania, Uganda, Rwanda, Oezbekistan, Kirgistan, Mongolia, Pakistan, China, India, Bangladesh, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam, Indonesia, Guatemala, Mexico, Honduras, Nicaragua, Bolivia, Peru, Bosnia, Roemany, France, Northern-Ireland, Israël, Palestine Territories, Haïti, Dominican Republic, Egypt, Marocco, Belgium,... www.fiveandfourequalsone.org photographs by Karl Deckers
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Series Host : Marti Chitwood Dr. John Henrik Clarke Dr. Ivan Van Sertima Dr. Richard Long Dr. Arthur Lee Dr. Wyatt T. Walker
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Back to the Land. Travel around the world is good, white-collar work is great, but nothing beats the field work. It's all about her. The land is what sustains us, the earth is what we cloths, the Earth is where we all go for survival. why us young people forget that there are other more lucrative jobs as white-collar, farming is a way to go. Music inspired by President Yahya Jammeh in his call back to the land music produced by Sunland / Hakim composed and sung by Soninke aka Messenger x so y'all can confirm ..
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