PIWAMP discuses state of implemented projects

Stakeholders in the Project Management Unit of the Participatory Integrated Watershed Management Project (PIWAMP) on March 16-17, 2012 met to discuss and agree on causes of action for project activities implemented.

PIWAMP, Project Units Coordinators, the Ministry of Agriculture, Global Youth Innovation Network (GYIN-Gambia), Upland and Lowland Field Coordinators, and project beneficiaries gathered for the Annual Consultative Meeting at the Rural Agricultural Farmers Training Centre at Jenoi, Lower River Region of The Gambia. 

The consultative forum affords all stakeholders the opportunity to discuss openly critical issues affecting project implementation and to come to terms on the way forward, explains Mr. Alagie Jatta, a representative of the Deputy Governor of the region, LRR. 

World hunger report 2011: Small, import-dependent countries in Africa at risk

A joint report, by FAO, IFAD and WFP has warned that small, import-dependent countries, particularly in Africa, are especially at risk of becoming more vulnerable to poverty and food insecurity.

Many of them still face severe problems following the world food and economic crises of 2006-2008, the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and the World Food Programme (WFP) said in “The State of Food Insecurity in the World 2011″ (SOFI), an annual flagship report they jointly produced this year.

Minister Attributes Problems in Food Security to Financial Crises

AS EU Charge d'Affaires Harps on Unforeseen Needs

VOL:1 ISSN:44 The recent financial crisis has exacerbated the problems associated with food security as it has led to further declines in government revenue and reduced economic activity, the Finance Minister said on Wednesday.
Hon. Abdou Kolley was speaking at the signing of the Contribution Agreement European Union-World Food Programme (EU-WFP) on food security at the Conference Room of the Ministry of Finance and Economic Affairs in Banjul.
The contribution agreement of 2.64 million Euros is equivalent to 100 million Dalasis, which is meant to foster the realisation of food security in The Gambia.