The
Ministry of Agriculture under the stewardship of Minister Amie Fabureh on
Friday 27 March 2020, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with AgroInPro
a Vietnam, a private rice investment firm. The ceremony was held at the
ministry’s conference room in Banjul.
In
her statement at the ceremony the Hon. Minister for Agriculture Amie Fabureh
expressed her ministry’s desires to expedite the development processes in
making the Gambia self-sufficient in rice, poultry and vegetables production.
She said the coming of the Vietnam private business into rice production is
timely and her Ministry will support their agenda because it is part of the
sector priority and flagship in the country’s blue print.
The
Hon. Minister further requested from AgroInProDak Lac to help support the
improvement of the Mixed Farming Centres, in the area of vegetables production,
poultry and small ruminants production in the drive to make The Gambia
self-sufficient in foods consumed by Gambians.
The
Permanent Secretary Momodou Mbye Jabang called on the AgroInPro firm to help
fast track the process especially in this trying moment when the whole world is
faced by the deadly pandemic, coronavirus.
He said the Ministry is looking forward to working with the Vietnamese
firm to improve agriculture in the country.
The
representative of the firm assured Hon. Fabureh that they would transfer the
knowledge and expertise from Vietnam to The Gambia. He expressed hope that The
Gambia would be rice sufficient within the next two to three years.
The
signing ceremony was attended by senior officials from the Ministry of
Agriculture and Hon. Henry Gomez, President Adama Barrow’s youth adviser.
