President
Adama Barrow assured farmers of a good price purchase of their groundnuts which
he said will be announced over the media in December immediately after the
tour.
He
made the statement over the week at Sandu Dasilameh on day 8 of his Meet the
People’s Tour, following two other meetings held at Wuli Bantunding and Jah
Kunda on the same day in Upper River Region (URR).
He
added that his government has attached great importance to develop and enhance
the agricultural sector of the country in order to improve the lives of
farmers, pointing out that agriculture is the only financial and livelihood
activity of most Gambians in the rural areas.
“My
government has realised the importance of agriculture in improving the lives of
our farmers; that is why we attached great importance to it. So this is to
inform you that immediately after the tour in December, the government price
purchase on groundnuts will be declared,” he said, adding the government will
not purchase groundnut on loan basis.
Mr.
Barrow said all groundnut buying centers (seccos) that are in the country and are in poor conditions
will be renovated to meet the standard.
“We are going to revamp all the groundnut
centers in the country that were used to be in a good condition in order to
serve its purpose as centers for farmers and their produce.”
The
president further disclosed that his government has secured over a million
dalasis project funds to construct store facilities in four regions of the
country, saying they will be provided with refrigerators for preservation of
farm produce.
