Gambia: Jah Agric Foods on the Verge of Ending Rice Importation –

By: Victor Ofuonye

In a bold move aimed at ending The Gambia’s overreliance on imported rice, Jah Agirc Foods and Farms has successfully cultivated and harvested its 4-kilometer rice field in Baya Ba village, located in the Sami District of the Central River Region.

President Adama Barrow during a break in his ‘Meet the People Tour’ visited the 4 km rice field to observe the progress of a rice project aimed at improving food security. Whilst there, President Barrow…