Gambia News
Home | Gambia Chat | Contact Us | Sitemap | Set Gambia News as homepage | Add Gambia News to favorites
  Search Gambia News     » Advanced Search » Exchange Rates
Gambia News
Gambia Archive
Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa
1234
567891011
12131415161718
19202122232425
26272829
Syndication
Newsletter
Poll: 2011- Gambia General Election
APRC(Yahya Jammeh)
UDP(Ousainou Darboe)
GMC(Mai Fatty)
NRP(Hamat Bah)
NADD(Halifa Sallah)




Gambia News : Gambian lawmakers repeal National Agricultural Development Agency Act

Nov 23,2008 by

gambia Gambian legislators Saturday repealed the National Agricultural Development Agency Act 2006. In an extra-ordinary meeting of the National Assembly in the 2008 legislative ye ar, the National Agricultural Development Agency Act, 2006, was repealed and the board of director of the agency consequently dissolved.

According Ousman Jammeh, the Minister for Energy, the establishment of the National Agricultural Development Agency (NADA) has resulted in the drastic reduction of the number of persons going into farming, therefore adversely affecting the extension services delivery system.

He disclosed that the new structure would allow those adversely affected by the establishment of NADA in terms of job losses to be eventually re-engaged.

He added that the creation of NADA was at variance with the private sector-led growth and development policies and strategies.

He said the new development would considerably enhance the generation, mobilisation, effective and efficient utilisation of human, financial, and material resources for self-sustainability and gradual expansion and empowerment of farmers for improved delivery of extension services.

“It would further enhance food income security for improvement of the livelihood of farmers, as well as the establishment and development of linkages with the rest of the economy.

"This will enable the efficient and effective implementation of sector-wide polices, and enhancement of the national capacity to save and earn foreign exchange through increased agricultural productivity," the minister stated.

comment Comment on This Gambia News (0 posted)  2231 times read

Related Gambia News Below


» Gambia News : Gambia to present a $266mn five-year national investment programme to donors

by lamin posted on Oct 18,2009

» Gambia News : Gambian opposition MP says parliament fails to play "oversight" role

by Anna posted on Nov 28,2008

» Gambia: Government Reassures Private Sector Participation

by lamin posted on Jun 01,2007

» Gambia News : Indian company reveals plans to invest $15mn in Gambia’s agric sector

by lamin posted on Feb 18,2009

» Gambia News : Gambia benefits from $6mn AfDB poverty reduction budget support program

by lamin posted on Feb 09,2009
Rate this Gambia Article
Rating: 5.00Rating: 5.00Rating: 5.00Rating: 5.00Rating: 5.00 (total 100 votes)

comment Comment on This Gambia News (0 posted) 

More Top News
General
News
Business
Sport
Health
Education
Technology
Entertainment
Most Popular News
Most Commented
Featured Gambia News Author
Gambia News is an online Gambian News portal that aggregates the latest Gambian news from reliable sources & Gambian newspapers .