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 Posted - 19 Sep 2007 : 21:23:57
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Regional Locust Quality Control Teams Training EndsBy Isatou Bittaye
The African Emergency Locust Project (AELP) The Gambia, in its stride to control locust in the country, on Saturday 15 September ended a five-day intensive training for the Regional Quality Control Teams (QUEST), at the Agricultural Rural Farmer Training Centre in Jenoi, Lower River Region. The training which gathered 12 participants from the National Agricultural Development Agency (NANA), Agricultural Pest Management Unite, Department of State for Health, National Environment Agency (NEA) and the Department of State for Water Resources, was aimed at capacitising the regional quest teams to be fully equipped with necessary requirements to respond positively in case of any locust outbreak in the country.
Speaking at the closing ceremony, Mr. Momodou Lamin Darboe of the National Agricultural Research Institute (NARI) and a member of the Team said that National Quest Team has an important role to play in the locust project. Mr. Darboe indicated that the regional Quest teams are trained to perform effectively in the field and inorder to make change in locust control.
He added that in controlling locust, our environment needs to be safeguarded and the health of humanbeings and animals be protected. Mr. Darboe urged the Quest teams to be cooperative and participative in their work. He further urged them to utilize the knowledge gained and to collaborate, noting that through collaboration they can achieve the vision 2020.
In declaring the training workshop closed, the governor of Lower River Region, Mr. Momodou Soma Jobe, said that the training is successful as it does not deal only with the theoretical part but that the participants were also trained on the practical aspect. He noted that the training is unique and there is need for technical knowledge in locust control. Governor Jobe buttressed the need for locust control, noting that there can never be independence when there is crop failure. He added that locust fighting will never be compromised as it is very quick in destroying the society and that food self-sufficiency cannot be achieved without effective control. The regional Governor urged the participants to disseminate the knowledge gained to the farmers and the local people.
Mr. Sheik Tijan Sosseh, AELP acting Project Coordinator, acknowledged the participation of the representatives from all the institutions and the input of the trainers. He thanked the participants and trainers for making the training a success.
He thanked the media for their effective and correct dissemination of information to the people. The participants were presented with certificates and the vote of thanks was given by Mr. Katim Touray, NEA Officer in the Upper River Region and also a participant.
Source: Foroyaa Newspaper Burning Issue
Issue No. 110/2007, 19 -20 September 2007
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