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ranga
USA
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 Posted - 29 Oct 2006 : 20:30:33
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Tourism is an important economic activity in Gambia (15% of GDP)
Gambia has a strong peanut farming tradition
Gambia is a haven for bird watching
Considering these factors, I wonder if agritourism catering to tourists is successful in Gambia.
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T.K. "Ranga" Rengarajan
Founder, Geoseed Project
http://www.geoseedproject.com
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gambia6005
Canada
79 Posts |
Posted - 31 Oct 2006 : 22:25:44
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dear ranga I wish you the best of luck to establish something in the gambia.I am trying to set up a agricutur project in the gambia since 2002.I've been with the former SOS of agriculture the late SALLAH
I have tried it true GIPFZA and true the lasr SOS of agriculture
yankuba touray.nothing ,nothing at all they don't care abouth the people.all they want is fill up there own pockets.
I want to start growing jatropha trees in the gambia so each village can make their own electriciy.but failed with this politicians
wich does"nt mean that I am gonna give up;I keep on trying and advice you the same do not give up;again best of luck |
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njucks
Gambia
1131 Posts |
Posted - 31 Oct 2006 : 22:43:30
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gambia6005 , i am interested in your project could you let us more about it. ok, even when the villagers grow Jatropha , then what?? do they put it in their cars (many dont have one), in their milling machines?, pumps ??
it is not that people are not interested, as you put it. personally i dont see what is stopping you.
what are you trying to achieve? |
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gambia6005
Canada
79 Posts |
Posted - 01 Nov 2006 : 18:31:10
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njucks...you can put the oil in generators so that everyone can make electricity-or in pumps in everything that need diesel fuel you can use thise vegetable oil as substitute even in taxi's that run on diesel-even when you don't have any diesel machine you can as farmer sell your fuel cheeper then the prise of diesel wich create an extra
income for rural areas-or womans organisation,the local name is tabanani-themeaning of the whole concept is to give faremers an extra income as simple as this nothing more
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gambia6005
Canada
79 Posts |
Posted - 01 Nov 2006 : 18:45:28
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http://www.jatropha.de
you can also use the leafs dry them and make tea against malaria
the bark of the tree when you cut it there is a latex coming out wich is wound healing-well see the website and find out the benefits
it can give the gambia something to export
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njucks
Gambia
1131 Posts |
Posted - 01 Nov 2006 : 18:55:34
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Originally posted by gambia6005
njucks...you can put the oil in generators so that everyone can make electricity-or in pumps in everything that need diesel fuel you can use thise vegetable oil as substitute even in taxi's that run on diesel-even when you don't have any diesel machine you can as farmer sell your fuel cheeper then the prise of diesel wich create an extra
income for rural areas-or womans organisation,the local name is tabanani-themeaning of the whole concept is to give faremers an extra income as simple as this nothing more
Great. i'm certain it will revolutionise gambian society, but i am not certain why you need ministers to make your plan work.??
especially since they are not here to defend themselves, perhaps we should not blame them so openly.
the potential for biofuels is well recognised in the gambia, but like other issues the actual barriers are not institutional but economic.
also to correct you,there is also no evidence that it will be cheaper than diesel??. the price of diesel/petrol at the pump like in all countries is largely a result of government tax not production price.
just some things to consider, its not as simple as you make it. |
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jambo
3300 Posts |
Posted - 02 Nov 2006 : 12:45:41
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| gambia6005, agree with some of the things mentioned,do you have an email, would like to send yousome info. |
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gambia6005
Canada
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Momodou
Denmark
11828 Posts |
Posted - 02 Nov 2006 : 23:58:14
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There are some tidal irrigation rice projects in the CRD where 75 % of the employed population is engaged in agriculture. Here there is no need for pumps to pump fresh water from the river. The problem nowadays is lack of workforce in families.
Since there is already a shortage of manpower in most of the agricultural communities because of the rural urban drift, don’t you think Gambians are better off growing food crops instead of biofuel?
I think the country spends more foreign exchange in the import of rice than fuel, so I would rather give priority to self sufficiency in food production.
Fulakunda and Jakaba tidal irrigation rice development project funded by Taiwan and Action Aid Gambia.
© 2006 Photos - Nijii, All rights reserved.
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kondorong
Gambia
4380 Posts |
Posted - 03 Nov 2006 : 00:19:41
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| These pictures bring back memories to Yoro Bawol. NDEYSAN as they say in wollof. In the 1970s, we were almost at the point of exporting rice. Today, its a disaster. |
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njucks
Gambia
1131 Posts |
Posted - 03 Nov 2006 : 00:44:43
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if they carefully discriminate by increasing the paper work to import rice,traders would seeks local suppliers for rice,vegetables,eggs etc if they want to stay in business. then perhaps farmers would be guaranteed a market to grow more rice and food.
it falls back to fundamentals, demand & supply. allowing people to import n'importe quoi will erode any gains made in agriculture, especially when what is coming in is so subsidised.
the external costs of people comsuming bad oil, poor quality rice, froozen chicken is immeasurable |
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gambia6005
Canada
79 Posts |
Posted - 03 Nov 2006 : 11:08:21
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njucks.if you read properly on the website from jatropha you will see that both crops can be grown if they plant jatropha like a fence around there foodcrops it will protects the crops not only from wind ,sun and erosion but also against locus swarm
again the website www.jatropha.de
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Sister Omega
United Kingdom
2085 Posts |
Posted - 03 Nov 2006 : 17:51:47
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Ranga I suppose one way forward would be student exchange. Thereby visitors doing practical work like planting or bringing in harvests would assist farmers if labour is a problem.
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jambo
3300 Posts |
Posted - 06 Nov 2006 : 13:22:39
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"The problem nowadays is lack of workforce in families.
Since there is already a shortage of manpower in most of the agricultural communities because of the rural urban drift" are you telling there is a manpower shortage in Gambia, perhaps someone could relocate the bumsters. |
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gambiabev
United Kingdom
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Posted - 06 Nov 2006 : 14:13:33
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Is that a joke Jambo?!!
IF they were paid a reasonable amount to work on the land I am sure many young mern wouldnt choose to leave their village and their family in the first place.
WHat would you do? Round them up and ut them in a prison camp? Force them to work on the land?  
If you said that in Birmingham or Liverpool or Manchester wouldnt that sound a little bit outrageous???? Many young men in many communities lose their way a little in their late teens and early twenties. But equally many of them settle back down later, becoming good fathers and husbands, good workers and so on. It is not just in Gambia that people drift from the traditional way of life to search for something better. Should they be punished for that? Just because a few tourists might get a bit irritated! WHose country isit? WHose life is it?! Leave them alone! |
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Momodou
Denmark
11828 Posts |
Posted - 06 Nov 2006 : 14:14:39
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quote:
Originally posted by jambo
"The problem nowadays is lack of workforce in families.
Since there is already a shortage of manpower in most of the agricultural communities because of the rural urban drift" are you telling there is a manpower shortage in Gambia, perhaps someone could relocate the bumsters.
Jambo, do you want to have force labour enforced? Many youth don't want to spend their lives on farming.
By the way, not everyone coming to the urban area is a bumpster.  |
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