The
president of NACOFAG, Musa Sowe, has urged civil society organisation to embark
on a massive campaign for women farmers to gain access to land.
Land
issue was a major challenge for women farmers in The Gambia, he noted.
Mr
Sowe made the remarks at a recent appropriation and evaluation meeting on the
situation of Family Farming operation in The Gambia.
He
said the financial aspect was also a major challenge for women farmers to be
able to address credit loan, adding that certified seeds was also one of their
major problems in accessing to seeds during weekly ’lumo’ markets.
For
his part, Sheriff Sanyang, Director of Urban Agriculture, explained that global
alliance for resilience was set up to tackle climate change in Africa and
support farmer-based organizations with capacity building on climate change and
to promote family farming in the West African sub region.
He said the NEMA Project has a key component
on family farming, adding that the government would give a lot of support to
promote family farming as an issue and to address it.
The
ministry was looking at it as a value chain approach not only in production but
must be value-added, he said.
The
president of women wing at NACOFAG, Bakoto Jobe, informed the gathering that
they embarked on a massive campaign for women to gain proper access to land,
which was part of key development priorities.