Rural Community forest committee, forest staff and producer groups recently conclude a four day capacity enhancement on entrepreneurial skill development, a program held at Janjanbureh regional forestry bantaba in Central River Region south.
At the opening ceremony Kanimang
Camara representing the Food and Agriculture Organization FAO and also doubles
as the coordinator of Forest and Farm Facility better known as triple F for
Gambia and Liberia said the program was supported by FAO Banjul office.
FAO’s Banjul Office technical
department is supporting the government of The Gambia with natural resources
management and food security alongside agricultural development.
Mr. Camara said for the past
years FAO has been supporting the forestry department in a program called
national forest program facility implemented from 2009 to 2012; which
registered remarkable successes.
He further pointed out that,
among the key achievements include conduct of inventory of forest resources,
the reviewing of the forest act of 1998 and the supported in the implementation
of certain priority areas based on the national forestry action plans.
