Gambia: Madina Kanuma Women Gardeners Call for Urgent Intervention Amid Challenges –

By: Nyima Sillah

Scores of women vegetable gardeners in Madina Kanuma (Essau Village) have united in their call for an urgent intervention as they grapple with numerous challenges such as inadequate water access and animal intrusion due to lack of proper fencing.

Close to 100 women rely on the Medina Kanuma Garden as a source of livelihood.

Adama Jobe, president of the women gardeners, vented the women’s frustration over their decades-long struggles with obstacles to their horticultural…