What is DOSAs strategy to boost exports diversification in terms of quality, marketing & branding?
Concerning Horticulture and its marketing, what are the efforts being made for Phytosanitary inspection of Gambia’s exports? Is it a challenge now to encourage this production? I think the major challenge in the improvement of horticulture in The Gambia is that of ensuring an adequate and sufficient supply of water, so that the production of vegetables can increase as well as the demand. There are indications that some private investors want to invest in the horticulture sub-sector. Already a private company has approached us from the Republic of China, Taiwan. They want us to give them land to grow 700 hectares of vegetables. That is almost half the total hectarage under production in the country, which is significant. So, we are going to see a situation where the effort is going to focus on both increasing the hectares and also diversifying the vegetables that are grown in the Gambia. We will also make sure we meet the necessary quality standard. Another problem of horticulture in th
