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Momodou
Denmark
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 Posted - 16 Oct 2007 : 17:40:47
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Food Prices
Serrekunda Market
By Isatou Bittaye
Below are the prices of food items as at 12 October 2007 compared to February 2007. In most instances, prices have gone up.
ITEM February 2007 Current Price
Rice per bag D420.00 D550
Rice per cup D2.25 D3.00
Tomato paste per spoon D1.00 D1.50
Tomato per 400g tin D15.00 D20.00
Tomato per 830g tin D30.00 D40.00
Fresh tomatoes per measure D2.00 D5.00
Onion per bag D260.00 D300.00
Onion per measure D2.00 D5.00
Cooking oil (10 litres) D275.00 D325.00
Cooking oil (5 litres) D150.00 D170.00
Cooking oil per cup D5.00 D5.50
Palm oil per cup D10.00 D12.00
Pepper per measure D2.00 D2.00
Bonga D5.00 D10.00
Joto D10.00 N/A
Cat Fish D10.00 D10.00
Chicken per carton D400.00 D400.00
Chicken per leg D15.00 D10.00
Sugar per bag D450.00 D525.00
Sugar per cup D2.50 D3.50
Meat beef and bone D65.00 D80.00
Meat beef steak D90.00 D100.00
Flour per kilo D15.00 D18.00
Flour per bag D500.00 D650.00
Source: Foroyaa Newspaper Burning Issue
Issue No. 121/2007, Tuesday 16 October 2007
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toubab1020
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Posted - 16 Oct 2007 : 18:53:32
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Thanks again to Isatou. Well done,keeps us all up to date and aware.
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"Simple is good" & I strongly dislike politics. You cannot defend the indefensible.
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Edited by - toubab1020 on 16 Oct 2007 18:55:34 |
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gambiabev
United Kingdom
3091 Posts |
Posted - 16 Oct 2007 : 20:20:17
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| Life seems to be getting harder and harder... Very sad. |
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remyspam
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Posted - 16 Oct 2007 : 21:42:27
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So, in effect the prices have gone up by 40%?
(If you take the currency-exchange in mind?) |
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tapalapa
United Kingdom
202 Posts |
Posted - 16 Oct 2007 : 23:35:17
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Thank to Isatou and Momodou for this important feature which is very helpful
Tapa |
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LEMON TIME
Afghanistan
1295 Posts |
Posted - 17 Oct 2007 : 13:46:25
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| I am really confuse now,i thought the currency(dalasi)against the £ or $ should make every item cheaper in The Gambia.God help the Gambia. |
There is no god but Allah |
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jambo
3300 Posts |
Posted - 17 Oct 2007 : 14:02:07
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it is not easy for the locals in gambia and for people who are sending money regularly and take into account cost of basic foods stuffs this list is invaluable.
thank you isatou and momodou.
i just need help on the cost of school fees, i have put a posting in education
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snuggels
960 Posts |
Posted - 18 Oct 2007 : 01:54:47
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| Very Interesting. At last years prices an english breakfast cost £3.00 with the value of the dalasi as it is it will now cost £5 that is without the increase in food prices as stated above. Maybe not so much this year But next year this will have a devastating affect on the tourist industry. I think the central who has brought this about should let the Dalsia float once again against foriegn currencies |
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kobo
United Kingdom
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jambo
3300 Posts |
Posted - 07 Dec 2007 : 12:49:51
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| kobo, thank you for this posting, i have just read it, people are getting squeezed from every direction. the knock on effect will be felt by the people who depend onthe bread for business, tapala sellers etc. |
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Alhassan
Sweden
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Posted - 07 Dec 2007 : 14:44:06
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Originally posted by jambo
kobo, thank you for this posting, i have just read it, people are getting squeezed from every direction. the knock on effect will be felt by the people who depend onthe bread for business, tapala sellers etc.
Jambo,
If Gambia depends on import of nearly 80% of the foodstuff we need, What happens when prices go up in these producer countries?
Most of here are sons of farmers who left the land and ran away. Now you are the ones grumbling of prices when most of these imported commodities could be grown and harvested in the Gambia.
We have given our backs to the land and now Europe will feed on your people because of high import prises.
In Sweden Onions , Oil, Rice and even meet has been increased. Even milk is going to be increased per liter. If the Europeans who export to Gambia increase their prises, what is expected to happen to the end users?
I think we have faild to realise things until it is late. It is not too late as most of you on the forum are still in younger ages to be able to start good and mechanised farms in the Gambia. In the Kombo and Greater Banjul ares there is not much land for farming so we have to move upp country if all of it is not sold yet.
We read of people paying 25 000 to 50 000 Dalasis for the smugglers to join a riskful jurney to the Canery Island, why not use the money for farming instead.
The buisnessmen in the Gambia are only after their profits. It does not matter weather the Imam has preached about exess prises are HARAM in Islam or not.
On the other hand the events show that there are not many true muslims in that country.
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jambo
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Posted - 07 Dec 2007 : 15:37:31
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alhassan, re prices, i am not complaining, because I am not affected, but the poor sellers are, as for the gambians who left, that is to the them what they do. as for the import of goods that could be grown onthe land, well buy them a tractor give them a helping hand. your last sentence says a lot.
But if you look at the bigger picture outsiders are nibbling away at gambia. who controls this, it has been mentioned lebanese merchants, who controlled the cooking oil, senegal, who controlled the other goods that were imported?!?, look to them and see what is happening. it is beneficial for some countries to keep Gambia dependent. |
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Alhassan
Sweden
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Posted - 07 Dec 2007 : 16:10:20
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Jambo,
How come forieigners controll the buisness in the Gambia? Those mentioned (Senegalese, Lebanese) are striving hard for their survival. Importation from Senegal is not much. It up to the Gambian buisnessmen to be honest to their own people. In Senegal people do all what they can to survive. They are not afraid to make their hands dirty like Gambians. Even the banks do not trust much of the Gambian people because they don't pay back their loans. This is true.
If you are a garantor to a loan taker you end up paying because the person you garanteed does not care of you at the end of the day. This is a big problem amongst us. Sometime ago there was a posting here about one gambian woman who gave money to a Gambian man to take to his people in the Gambia and the man just stole all the money and said the woman gave him nothing. Are you blind or are you not awear of these cheating attitude among Gambians? You must consult some bank staff and question them why they ask for too many garantors or you must have save the amount you want to borrow before borrowing?
There are many factors that you people disregard.
The Tractors you have suggested could have been bought when the Kombonkos sold their land. Where is all that money? They pay smuggelars 25 to 75 000 Dalasis for risky journeys why not spend the money in equipment for farming. |
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gambiabev
United Kingdom
3091 Posts |
Posted - 07 Dec 2007 : 17:38:10
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| Instead of 50dls to the £ it is 40 and then on top of that prices have increased. Life is hard. |
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monday
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Posted - 07 Dec 2007 : 21:29:51
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| Alhassen, your posting is a good one. I will take you as the example: you see, we Africans are very good at talking but when you come to action, it is totally something else. I think you should set an example by going back home and start farming. Please DO NOT be offended. I am just taking you as an example. We hardly put our good ideas into reality, so they are in effect just illusions. The truth is Africans do not take responsibility and this is why we are ALL still living in illusion. |
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MADIBA
United Kingdom
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Posted - 08 Dec 2007 : 02:28:03
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As longer as the gov't and the people dnt grow their own food, they have to pay hard to survive. The shock waves are just reaching Gambia with regards to Bread. Our neighbour Senegal has been suffering the same high cost of bread recently, it went to the level of minor demonstrations from both parties bakers and consumers. Most senegalese interviewed during the crises said hencefort they are going back to basics, porridge. The Gambia has no flour mill whatsoever, even if we had one, where will the maize, wheat or raw materials to run the mill come from? As long as we Gambians feel that we have to be customers of the ever increasing world supermarkets so be it. Infact most of the food that people patronize back home are causing serious health hazards. E.g all sorts of cooking oils are now in the markets, the sources of which many dnt know. There is a sharp increase in cholestrol problems and all its inherent repercussions. Diabetes is on the increase etc etc. The Gambia adore foreign things to the extent of attimes disrespecting Gambian produce. When we were young i could remember there were locally made flip-flops called BENA-DIMASS (one week). Instead of encouraging the entrepreneur the product was ridiculed and probably thats wat killed it.
Our solution lies in the gov't helping out the people love wat is theirs and wats best for them. |
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Edited by - MADIBA on 08 Dec 2007 04:13:40 |
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