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toubab1020
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 Posted - 25 Nov 2020 : 10:15:21
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https://foroyaa.net/groundnut-buyers-urged-to-register-with-the-national-food-security-processing-and-marketing-corporation/
A press release issued by the Ministry of Agriculture said Tuesday individuals interested in buying ground nut should register with the National Food Security Processing and Marketing Corporation.
Below is the full text of the press release:
It has been brought to the attention of the Ministry of Agriculture that certain persons and private entities are engaged in groundnut buying directly from farmers and eventual evacuation of produce outside the country without following due process.
The general public is hereby reminded that purchasing groundnuts directly from farmers is limited to the National Food Security Processing & Marketing Corporation (NFSPMC) formerly Gambia Groundnut Corporation (GGC) through approved Cooperative Primary Marketing Societies (CPMS) across the country.
Therefore, individuals or institutions that intend to purchase groundnuts during the 2020/21 groundnut marketing season should register with the National Food Security Processing and Marketing Corporation to have the mandate to be engaged in the buying process.
It is illegal for anyone or institution to engage in groundnut purchasing without a valid registration certificate issued by the NFSPMC. Anyone in violation of this proclamation will face severe penalties, which will include impounding purchased consignments.
The Ministry would like to remind the general public that, the price of groundnut for the 2020/21 cropping season is D20,700 ( Twenty Thousand Seven Hundred Dalasis) per metric tonne as a result of the subsidy provided by the Government of the Gambia. It is therefore prudent and imperative that the groundnuts produced remain in the country for the benefit of the national economy.
By a copy of this press release, the Inspector General of Police, Director General of Immigration, Governors, District Chiefs and Alkalos are to take note and act as appropriate.
CC: Secretary General Office of The President
Director General Gambia Revenue Authority
Inspector General of Police
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"Simple is good" & I strongly dislike politics. You cannot defend the indefensible.
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Edited by - toubab1020 on 25 Nov 2020 10:20:58 |
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toubab1020
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Posted - 27 Nov 2020 : 20:37:56
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https://thepoint.gm/africa/gambia/headlines/crr-farmers-not-likely-to-sell-groundnuts-to-govt
Nov 27, 2020, 10:13 AM | Article By: Ousman Jallow in CRR
Farmers in Central River Region of The Gambia have said they will not sell their groundnuts to government on the grounds that government usually buys their groundnuts at a very low price.
Last year, some farmers in the region did not sell their groundnuts to government, citing similar reasons.
According to government's announcement, it will buy a ton of groundnut at 20,700 dalasi with local dealers meeting farmers at their homes and buy the ton at 26,000.
Farmers who spoke to our reporter on condition of anonymity said selling to government requires transporting their groundnuts to the government buying points and pay labourers, which cost them a lot.
They added that it also takes government a lengthy period before giving them their monies while local dealers would pay on the spot.
“Currently local dealers are buying a bag of groundnuts at D1,650, while government is buying a bag at 1,300,” they complained.
“Farming is very difficult and only seasonal for us in a year,” they added, saying the money they get from selling their groundnuts is what they use to sustain themselves and their families for the whole year and cannot let government exploit them.
“Instead of government helping us, they are using us to enrich themselves,” they further said, while calling on government to increase their price or they sell to local dealers.
According to them, the country cannot develop in the absence of farming. They also said that government should have been helping them with fertilisers, seeds, farming tools but instead it is taking advantage of them.
“There is no need government meeting farmers when it only give us empty promises every year,” a farmer said, who added that government only meets them for political reasons (to get votes from them but not to know their challenges and assist them.)
“There is no need relying on a government that cannot help you be self-sufficient,” they further said.
However, they called on government to consider their plight and buy their groundnuts at a worthy price to ensure their lives and livelihood are upgraded.
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"Simple is good" & I strongly dislike politics. You cannot defend the indefensible.
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toubab1020
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Posted - 29 Nov 2020 : 14:58:50
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November 26, 2020
NEWS.
As the new groundnut trade season begins next week, there is increasing uncertainty about the new buying system introduced by the Gambia Groundnut Corporation, GGC.
Under the new system, secco managers’ role stops at weighing and recording the weight, quantity and the price of the groundnuts presented at the seccos as well as issuing a payment voucher.
These vouchers are then presented by the farmer to an AGIB cashier who would pay the farmer directly or through Q-money.
According to the GGC, the new method will eradicate revenue leakages or shortages and ensure transparency.
Last month, while announcing the new groundnut price, President Barrow disclosed that this new buying system will ensure transparency and promising also that there would be no promissory note buying.
However, a number of secco managers and presidents who used to jointly keep and used all monies to buy groundnut at seccos, told The Standard that the new method defeats the purpose of the long-established cooperative farmers organization as it has disenfranchised them. “The method itself is unnecessary since there has not been any serious case of missing monies or corruption. Secondly, the AGIB cashiers are said to be closing at 4pm and traditionally, seccos operate up to late evenings especially at the peak of the trade season,” a secco manager tipped The Standard. He also said while the secco managers endeavored to serve even the remotest hamlets, the AGIB cashiers will only stay at designated official buying points, thus missing out large catchment to Senegalese operators who would go after every farmer with groundnuts.
Another concern operator said the D20,700 per ton offered by the government is still below the price offered in Senegal (D23,000 per ton). “So, despite warnings by GGC against unlicensed buyers, the very fact that farmers could get more money from licensed buyers who would even go to their houses to buy from them means that the GGC cannot realise the 40,000 tons they are targeting to get this year,” one expert said.
A source further informed The Standard that a number of secco managers and presidents met the permanent secretary at the Ministry of Agriculture over the issue and are now very badly in need of audience with President Barrow to sensitise him on the negative effect of the new buying system. |
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Hmmm ..Better REGISTER to buy nuts.
