The National Disaster Management Agency (NDMA) under the National Disaster Governing Council Tuesday donated D1M to the Food Storage Fund set up by the government to as a result of this years' severe crop failures.
The presentation ceremony was presided over by the vice president and minister of Women's Affairs, Aja Dr Isatou Njie-Saidy, who is also chairperson of the National Disaster Governing Council, and also graced by Cabinet ministers and other senior government officials. It would be recalled that the government of The Gambia through the Office of the Minister of Agriculture has declared 2011-2012 farming season a failure resulting from severe crop failures and a corresponding soaring of food prices.
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