Maitre Wade is da man! Unlike his peers in the region, he loves rather 
humbling ventures such as the "Trans-Gambia Tunnel'. The kind of 
rhetoric that makes our own Jilanka "Baabili Mansa" (the king who builds 
bridges) feel a little earthly.

But assuming all goes well and little Gambia realize the dream of 
doubling crop production. Would it make any real difference to the poor 
farmer in Sare Mankamang Kunda in the absence of access to markets?
Malanding



Courtesy of The Gambia Journal 
http://www.thegambiajournal.com/artman/publish/article_1869.shtml


      Gambia To Benefit From Articificial Rain




By The Gambia Journal
May 6, 2008, 21:07

* Banjul, The Gambia Journal
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*

The Islamic Development Bank (IDB) will soon set up a regional 
artificial rain system in Africa at the request of some African 
countries, with the installation of antennas in Mali and Senegal , 
Senegalese President Abdoulaye Wade said here on Sunday evening.

He said the artificial rain antennas would address the African 
agricultural shortcomings, especially poor rainfall. In a declaration on 
the global food crisis, President Wade said the measure would help 
tackle the food crisis and prevent hunger. He identified other 
constraints facing African farmers as lack of developed lands, inputs, 
equipment and seeds.

The Gambia Journal has learnt that one of the artificial rain antennas 
to be set up in Mali will cover Niger and Mali , while the second one to 
be set up in Senegal will serve Mauritania , Guinea Bissau, Senegal and 
The Gambia.

 

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