Why are Senegal & Gambia promoting Groundnut exports?
Senegal and Gambia are considering to strongly encouraging development of groundnut exports to gain more revenues. In Gambia, groundnut is the principal export crop constituting 66 percent of the earnings from agricultural exports. Its production, handling, processing and marketing employ about 70 percent of the active labor force.
How did peanuts spread from the Gambia to Africa?
From The Gambia, peanut export production spread rapidly to the coastal and riverine areas of Senegal, Guinea Bissau, Guinea and northern Sierra Leone. Most important for this rapid spread were the African and Eurafrican traders (especially those with French connections), introducing peanuts and promoting trade.
Why are peanuts so important in the Gambia?
Peanuts are an important part of the Gambia’s economy. But climate change and other factors have created challenges for growers and processors. In this lesson students identify problems and solutions and find ways to draw positive attention to some of the creative ways problems are being addressed.
Where can you buy groundnuts in Gambia?
The river runs the length of Gambia and roughly divides it. At the market in Brikama, more than 100 vendors sell varieties of husked and unhusked groundnuts, whole and chopped, roasted or raw, and some that are milled into flour or made into peanut butter. On the line, Saho breaks into a mix of some his country’s nearly two dozen languages.