Article 6: The Experience of Farmers under the Rice Value Chain Programme in the Gambia (Vol. 1, Iss. 1; pp. 55-73)
The Experience of Farmers under the Rice Value Chain Programme in the Gambia
1David Gomez, 2Agnes Agbanugo Ikwuba, and 2Lamin K M Fatty
1Department of Agriculture, 2Department of Sociology, Benue State University, Benue State, Makurdi, Nigeria and 2University of The Gambia, School of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences, Faraba Campus, P.O. Box 3530, Banjul, The Gambia
Email: 1funanaking@yahoo.com, and 2laminkmf@gmail.com
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Article Type: Short communication Received: 27, Jan. 2019. Accepted: 23, July. 2019. Published: 23, July. 2019.
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A B S T R A C T
This study on the assess the nature of the rice value chain programme; the experiences of rice farmers under the rice value chain programme in the Central River Region of the Gambia. The instruments used for data collection was Focus Group Discussion and in-depth interview. Simple random sampling was used to select sixteen (16) villages out of which three hundred and eighty-four (384) farmers were used for the study. The data collected were transcribed for all the focus group comments, the comments were rearranged to have answers grouped together for each interview protocol. The main ideas were organized into themes to generate an idea or ideas and quotations were identified for each theme. The findings were written in narrative to describe the themes with quotations. Regarding the quantitative analysis, simple descriptive statistics including frequency and percentages were used for the surveyed data collected from the rice farmers and key informants. From the findings it was revealed that, farmers from the study area. From these findings it is recommended that Non-Governmental Organizations and investors should supplement government efforts by providing sufficient and quality inputs (seed/fertilizer/machinery) and credit facilities to the rice farmers at a subsidized rate and on time and strengthen the linkages between farmer groups/cooperatives with buyers (Producer-Buyer linkage) for easy market access. |
| Keywords:
Rice, Value chain, programme, Experience, Central River Region, Gambia. |
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