Good observation Malanding! Where would you have so much land in the Gambia without having to move any settlement or our destroying our limited forest cover? Salt water intrusion is already beyond Kuntaur in CRD and I remember in the 70s when it was only around Yelitenda/Bamba tenda area.

APRC government will turn out to be the first to make future Gambian generations landless and its scary.

Momodou


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> Fra: Malanding Jaiteh <[log in to unmask]>
> Til: [log in to unmask]
> Dato: Tir, 17. maj 2011 21:34
> Emne: Re: BBC E-mail: Bangladesh Africa farm initiative
> 
> Sanyang,
> My concerns is that the Gambia being one of the most densely
> populated countries in Africa, unable to feed herself, could afford
> to lease out 30000 ha to Bangladesh for 99 yrs. Put in perspective
> 30000 ha is 1/3 of all swamp land (not including mangrove) in the
> Gambia (salt or freshwater), equals the size of Kantora or Kombo
> South District. How many Gambian's would need to be displaced to find
> 300 sq km? Ecologically, can the river support irrigating another 300
> sq km? We know the amount of water coming downstream through Senegal
> have decreased over the years as a result of dam construction and
> droughts. Should this trend continue over the next 99 years to point
> where water would need to be rationed, who will be given priority,
> our wealthy tenants or the helpless members of the family?
> 
> Malanding
> 

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