20/11/2025
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As part of the 2025 Meet the People Tour, His Excellency President Adama Barrow paid a visit to the Sahel Agribusiness rice farms in Jahally, Central River Region South.
The President commended Sahel Agribusiness for its work in producing high quality certified rice seeds highlighting the importance of having good seeds for high yield rice production. Honorable Minister, Dr. Demba Sabally spoke on the importance of mechanized agriculture as the way forward which his Ministry is promoting for more a robust agricultural sector. He further emphasized the importance of producing certified seeds locally which means that projects can now source certified rice seeds local instead of importing it from the region.
Sahel Agribusiness CEO, Bubacarr A. Batchilly thanked the Government of The Gambia for providing the enabling environment and support for private sector investment in the agricultural sector. He highlighted that, the main objective of Sahel Agribusiness is to build resilience for food security in The Gambia.
With support from the Ministry of Agriculture under the leadership of Honorable Dr. Demba Sabally, Sahel Agribusiness has received both technical and equipment support from the Government of the Gambia as part of its support to the Private Sector to complement the Governments objective of achieving Rice Self-Sufficiency by 2030.
During the visit, Sahel Agribusiness which focuses mainly on certified rice seed production had an opportunity to demonstrate:
The company is currently operating on a 43hectare rice field located in Saruja, creating employment for both youth and women within the surrounding communities.