Welcome to the North Bank Farmers Events Association of the Gambia news & events

8-03-2022

North Bank Farmers Association Delegation to ADWAC to receive some farmer's equipment for our members in the north bank region, our big huge thanks to ADWAC director Mam Samba Joof and governor Lamin Saidykan and the management team in the Gambia for the wonderful donation that they gave us in kindness, the support has reached to three villages. The equipment will help us and support agricultural works which are based on creating development in farming and gardening sectors in the north bank region in the Gambia. 

. Once again our big thanks to you. ADWAC  organisation for their generosity

Coordinating chairman 

A Kamara. 

15-02-2022

COVID-19- CORONAVIRUS.

URGENT CRISIS APEAL 2022 LIKE MOST ORGANISATIONS HAD TO CLOSE ITS DOOR IN MARCH 2020 DUE TO COVID-19. THIS HAD DISASTROUS EFFECTS ON THE CHARITIES, FARMERS AND COMMUNITIES, TO WHOM WE HAVE DEDICATED OUR SUPPORT TO. COVID-19 HAS LEFT A HUGE FINANCIAL HOLE DUE TO LACK OF FUNDING AND WE ARE NOW TRYING OUR HARDEST TO REPAIR THAT HOLE.

                                                   £87,000

WOULD ALLOW US TO SUPPLY CLEAN DRINKING WATER  AND SOME FARMING EQUIPMENT. 

AS OF 1ST OF MARCH 2022, WE WILL LAUNCH OUR URGENT CRISIS APPEAL TO RAISE FUNDS URGENTLY NEEDED. IF YOU FEEL YOU COULD HELP RAISE FUNDS IN ANY WAY FOR OUR CHARITY WE WOULD BE MOST GRATEFUL, OR YOU MAY WISH TO MAKE A MONTHLY OR ONE-OFF PAYMENT OF ANY AMOUNT OF YOUR CHOICE TO SUPPORT OUR DEDICATED CAUSE.

WOMEN AND CHILDREN NEED US AND WE NEED YOU.

PLEASE SUPPORT OUR WORTHY CAUSE TO ALLOW US TO KEEP UP THE WORK WE ARE DEDICATED TO.

 YOU CAN GO TO OUR DONATION PAGE AND DONATE US

. THANK YOU. 

12-01-2022

NBFAG has set a delegation to meet  ADWAC executives in Kerewan, north bank region. This visit is based on finding and recognising the problems facing our communities across the region. and building a bilateral relationship between the 2 organisations.  

8/1/2022

NBFAG  Orientation fact-finding mission in the region covers upper, Central, and Lower areas. This orientation is based on finding and recognising the problems facing our communities across the region.

During this tour, we had close contact with the community members especially women who had the upper hand in doing gardening, because this is part of earning money from their garden products to keep families moving. We listened to their needs such as effective water supplies and protections such as proper fencing and local water containers for easy water distribution in the gardens. The difficulty we are facing is some of these villages has no good fence some borehole water supplies is not enough for their gardens. Some of the villages travel by walking 3-4 miles to their gardens this is not easy. The help they need today is a good solar system to help and supply enough water and good  fencing materially will help and protect their corps and tractors 

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Captain S Dampha Admin and coordinating assistant chairman      

7/1/2022

NBFAG  was formed in 2020 by various Gambians both Home and abroad to respond to the challenges local farmers are facing amid tough economic and environmental challenges as a direct result of various factors among which are climate change, global pandemic, lack of proper types of machinery and equipment, inputs, lack of cold storages facilities, direct access to market and good data to enable farmers to make good decisions regarding investment and funding.

NBFAG's objective is to represent all Gambian farmers regardless of whether they are direct members or not, and we intend to work with all stakeholders to provide necessary support to those who need it the most.

Especially local women's gardens located in rural Gambia. We are farmer to farmer support group and also encourage all our members to support each other at all times.

North Bank Farmers Association in the Gambia intend to work with all Gambian farmers and all stakeholders to address the following areas which we believe are the main challenges facing local Gambian farmers, especially in the rural areas of the country.

Helping local farmers get access to clean water by drilling boreholes and helping fund fencing the gardens in the villages.

Helping to provide good access to cold storage facilities in all regions of the country.

Helping farmers to access good implements such as tractors and other useful farming machinery to quality inputs like seeds, fertilizers and pesticides.

Helping farmers to create a fair and sustainable market to sell farmers produce across the country and also by helping local farmers export to other countries including the EU market.

Helping to train farmers members in different areas of farm management and record keeping agronomic support etc whilst working with all stakeholders in creating a good database for information sharing and knowledge expansion in agribusiness.

your help and donation will help us to achieve life-changing goals.

I'm wishing you all our members and non-members a happy new year 2022 may god bless you all with a long live long life and prosperity and grant all of us good health and the best of 2022.  

A. KAMARA COORDINATING CHAIRMAN

8/12/2021

NBFAG HAS REGISTERED 39 NEW MEMBERS IN NO-KUNDA VILLAGE AND MORE NEW MEMBERS ARE ON THEIR WAY TO JOIN THE ORGANISATION,  OUR WORK IS TO DEVELOP  OUR COMMUNITIES AND FIGHT AGAINST HUNGER AND POVERTY.  I AM WELCOMING  ALL THE NEW MEMBERS TO NORTH BANK FARMERS ORGANISATION IN THE GAMBIA.     

A. KAMARA COORDINATING CHAIRMAN

23/11/2021

NBFAG HAS REGISTERED 70 NEW MEMBERS IN ALJAMOUDOU AND MORE NEW MEMBERS ARE ON THEIR WAY TO JOIN THE ASSOCIATION.  

A. KAMARA COORDINATING CHAIRMAN

31/10/2021

NBFAG HAS LAUNCHED TREE PLANTING EXERCISES THROUGHOUT THE REGION IN SUPPORT OF THE GOVERNMENT TO DISCOURAGE DEFORESTATION BY IMPLEMENTING WHAT HAS BEEN AGREED AND ENDORSED BY WORLD LEADERS AT THE GLASGOW CLIMATE SUMMIT. NORTH BANK FARMERS ASSOCIATION IS LOOKING AT BOTH ANGLES FOR SUPPORT EITHER CASH OR KIND FROM INDIVIDUALS, PHILONTROPHIES, N.G.O'S ORGANISATIONS, COMPANIES, ESPECIALLY FARMERS COMPANIES BOTH NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL FOR CLIMATE SMART FARMING TECHNICS IN THE GAMBIA WEST AFRICA.. 

A. KAMARA COORDINATING CHAIRMAN

31/10/2021

NBFAG IS RAISING FUNDS TO BUY THIS DRILLING MACHINE  EACH COSTING 14000 POUNDS  THIS WILL  HELP THE ORGANISATION TO PROVIDE  MORE BOREHOLES IN THE REGION. JUST GIVE A LITTLE  BIT FROM YOUR HEART, YOUR DONATION WILL HELP US TO PROVIDE CLEAN DRINKING WATER AND BETTER GARDENING, AND FARMING YEAR AROUND. 

A. KAMARA COORDINATING CHAIRMAN

24/10/2021

NBFAG  PROVIDED 1000 T-SHIRTS   FOR SALE EACH COSTING D150  THIS WILL HELP THE ORGANISATION  TO MAKE SOME FUNDS FOR OUR INCOMING PROJECTS. 

ABDOULIE KAMARA COORDINATING CHAIRMAN

22/10/2021

NBFAG HAS PROVIDED VEGETABLE SEEDS TO ITS MEMBERS ACROSS  THE REGION AND BEYOND, FOR BETTER PREPARATION FOR THIS COMING VEGETABLE GARDENING SEASON.

NBFAG  CONTINUED TO LOOK FOR RICE MILLING MACHINES WITHIN THE REGION TO REDUCE WORK LABOUR ON OUR WOMEN IN THE REGION, AND EVEN RURAL URBAN MIGRATION AND EVEN MIGRATION TO EUROPE THROUGH DANGEROUS JOURNEY. 

THESE WILL HELP AND CREATE JOBS FOR OTHER PEOPLE IN THE REGION.

SECRETARY GENERAL L AMIN JAMMEH

THE NEWS AND EVENTS 2021 PROJECTS IN PROGRESS. 12 COMMUNITIES FARMS IN THEIR HAVESTING PERIOD.

NORTH BANK FARMERS ASSOCIATION PROVIDED 368 BAGS OF FERTILISER  IN ALL THE CLUSTER COMMUNITIES. INAUGURATION AND STRATEGIC PLANNING MEETING WAS DONE ON WEDNESDAY 22ND SEPTEMBER 2021 AT ILLIASSA COMMUNITY HALL.

1500 MEMBERS ID CARDS HAVE BEEN PROVIDED FOR NEW MEMBERS, AND 1000 T-SHIRTS HAVE BEEN PROVIDED FOR OUR MEMBERS.

ASSOCIATION BANK ACCOUNTS HAVE BEEN OPENED BOTH GAMBIA AND UNITED KINGDOM.

11 COMMUNITY BANK ACCOUNTS HAVE BEEN OPENED FOR EACH COMMUNITY AT RELIANCE FINANCE SERVICE IN FARAFENNI TWON.     

INCOMING PROJECTS/PROGRAMME 

TO PROVIDE DIFFERENT VARIETIES OF VEGETABLE SEEDS FOR OUR CLUSTER COMMUNITIES AS SOON AS POSSIBLE FOR THIS COMING GARDENING SEASON COMMENCING NEXT MONTH NOVEMBER 15TH.

WE ARE LOOKING FOR SUPPORT AND PARTICIPATION FROM THE GOVERNMENTS, AND NGOS NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL FOR MODERN FARMING EQUIPMENT.

WE ARE LOOKING FOR NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL FRUITS AND VEGETABLE BUYERS TO SIGN CONTRACT WITH US.

SENSITIZATION PROGRAMME FOR INCOMING NEW MEMBERS WITHIN THE COUNTRY AND BEYOND. 

TO ALLOCATE 1000 SQUARE METRES PIECE OF LAND FOR OUR FRUITS AND VEGETABLE MARKET IN THE NORTH BANK REGION FOR OUR RURAL FARMERS.

YOUR DONATION WILL HELP US TO MAKE DIFFERENCE. 

A KAMARA COORDINATING CHAIRMAN