The President of the West Coast Region Rice Growers Association, Mr Ebrima S. Beyai, has indicated that though there was a bumper harvest of upland rice in the Region, they could have ensured food self-sufficiency in rice if the rice growers in the region were in control of the water they need for cultivation. Mr. Beyai made this assertion in an interview with this reporter at Jarra Soma. He was throwing light on his association's preparedness to ensure food self-sufficiency in rice, their experience in the last cropping season and their challenges.
The president of the West Coast Region Rice Growers Association told this reporter that for Gambia to be food Self-sufficient in rice, the rice growers should be in control of the water they need for cultivation and that there should be farming all year round with adequate farming implements.
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