Gambia to harvest 35 tonnes of cotton this season
Sunday, 24 January 2010
BANJUL, Jan 23 (Commodity Online): African mainland's smallest nation Gambia, is expecting to harvest over thirty five tonnes of cotton produced by the farmers in both Central River and Upper River Regions.
In a statement issued here Gambia's Cotton Growers Association said the thirty hectare worth of cotton inputs put on pilot basis in selected communities in the two regions has registered remarkable success.
This is a clear manifestation that farmers are willing and ready to revitalise cotton production in the Gambia, it said.
Association said villagers that are part of the pilot such as Sare Sori, Jareng and Sare Ellemala have done extremely well.
Cotton Growers Association however expressed concern over the dormancy in the only cotton company (GAMCOT).
The association however has plans to revitlise the company by buying the cotton seeds from farmers as well as making the cotton ginnery functional.
It pointed out that to make that dream a reality, they need an amount of over half a million dalasi and urged the government to intervene otherwise, as he said, the association will have no other option but to sell the cotton to neighbouring Senegal.
The Cotton Growers Association has been given a thirty hectare worth of inputs during the beginning of the farming season to carry out a pilot project as a strategy for the revitalisation of the cotton production in Gambia.
In a statement issued here Gambia's Cotton Growers Association said the thirty hectare worth of cotton inputs put on pilot basis in selected communities in the two regions has registered remarkable success.
This is a clear manifestation that farmers are willing and ready to revitalise cotton production in the Gambia, it said.
Association said villagers that are part of the pilot such as Sare Sori, Jareng and Sare Ellemala have done extremely well.
Cotton Growers Association however expressed concern over the dormancy in the only cotton company (GAMCOT).
The association however has plans to revitlise the company by buying the cotton seeds from farmers as well as making the cotton ginnery functional.
It pointed out that to make that dream a reality, they need an amount of over half a million dalasi and urged the government to intervene otherwise, as he said, the association will have no other option but to sell the cotton to neighbouring Senegal.
The Cotton Growers Association has been given a thirty hectare worth of inputs during the beginning of the farming season to carry out a pilot project as a strategy for the revitalisation of the cotton production in Gambia.