The Ministry of Agriculture under the stewardship of Honourable Amie Fabureh on Friday, 27th March 2020, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with AgroInPro, a Vietnamese private rice investment firm. The ceremony was held at the Ministry’s conference room in Banjul.
In her statement on the occasion, Agric Minister Fabureh expressed her ministry’s desire to expedite the process of making The Gambia self-sufficient in rice, poultry and vegetable production. She said the coming of the Vietnamese private business into Gambia’s rice production is timely.
The Hon. Minister then requested from AgroInPro Dak Lac to help support the improvement of the Mixed Farming Centres, in the area of vegetable, poultry and small ruminant productions, in order to enhance the Barrow government’s drive to make Gambia self-sufficiency in food consumed by Gambians.
The Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Agriculture, Momodou Mbye Jabang, called on the AgroInPro firm to help fast-track the process, for the fact that the world is experiencing a trying moment of a deadly pandemic, in Coronavirus.
He assured of the Ministry’s determination to work with the Vietnamese firm to improve agriculture in the country.
The representatives of the Vietnam firm assured Hon. Fabureh that that they would transfer the knowledge and expertise from Vietnam to The Gambia. And they are hopeful 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 Barrow’s Youth adviser.
By Momodou Kanteh, Information Officer MoA
