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Posted - 17 Dec 2015 : 14:41:18
Mbye Jabang bounces back as CPCU coordinator
By Abdoulie Nyockeh
The Point: Thursday, December 17, 2015
 Sources have informed The Point newspaper that Momodou Mbye Jabang has been appointed as the new coordinator of the Central Project Coordinating Unit (CPCU) at the Ministry of Agriculture, a post he held before.
When contacted Mr Jabang confirmed his appointment as the new coordinator of the Central Project Coordinating Unit under the Ministry of Agriculture, which he said took effect on 7 December 2015.
Mr Jabang said he had been working with the Ministry of Agriculture since 1985, when he was first posted at the then research service of the department of Agriculture.
He disclosed that after serving three years in the rice agronomy programme in Sapu as a trainee for research assistant, he was awarded a USAID scholarship to train in one of the universities in the United States as a horticulturist.
After obtaining his bachelor’s degree in 1992, he went back to the department of Agriculture at the National Agricultural Institute (NARI) where he was promoted as principal research officer with the horticulture programme, which he headed.
According to Mr Jabang, he left NARI to take up appointment as project manager for the farmer managed rice irrigation project in 2006, where he served until 2011.
“In 2009, I was promoted project coordinator for the Central Project Coordinating Unit, where I was very central and key as well as putting together the Gambia National Agricultural Investment Programme,” he said.
He left the service in 2011 and has now returned to the agriculture sector to serve in the same position as the project coordinator of the CPCU.
He thanked the President for the confidence bestowed on him to once again serve the country, in the sector he had “grown in and love to work, to contribute his quota to the development of the country.”
According to Mr Jabang, they would work together as one family to advance Vision 2016, which is a priority blueprint of the President, and to also realise Vision 2020, as they align themselves with the PAGE programme.
He said the way forward for the Ministry of Agriculture would be well captured in the revised Agricultural Natural Resources Policy document and the revised National Agricultural Investment Plans.
The way forward is to come together and put all hands on deck, work as a team for the development of the Ministry of Agriculture, he added.
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Posted - 30 Dec 2015 : 12:23:30
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Agric projects will continue to support entrepreneurs to partake in trade fair - CPCU coordinator
The Point: Monday, December 28, 2015
The coordinator of the Central Project Coordinating Unit (CPCU) under the Ministry of Agriculture, Momodou Mbye Jabang, has said that in recognition of the pivotal role of the private sector, agricultural projects would continue to support small and medium-scale enterprises to partake in trade fairs in The Gambia, to avail them the opportunity to showcase their produce.
He disclosed that two major agricultural projects - the Gambia Commercial Agricultural Value Chain project (GCAV) and NEMA project under the CPCU - are currently sponsoring 12 stalls for small and medium-scale enterprises, to showcase their produce at the 9th Edition of the Trade Fair Gambia International (TFGI) organised by the Gambia Chamber of Commercial and Industry (GCCI) currently ongoing at the Independence Stadium in Bakau.
Speaking in an interview with this reporter, the CPCU coordinator said the projects are sponsoring mainly small and medium-scale enterprises involved in the agricultural value chain, from production to the table of sale.
At the level of the CPCU, the trade fair is a new paradigm shift in terms of agricultural development, he said, adding that developing productivity at the level of the farmers was a welcomed move in boosting agricultural production and productivity.
Mr Jabang also mentioned some of the interventions of the NEMA project in supporting the community group in Papa Marika village in the North Bank Region, with a tractor to ease their burden and increase production and productivity.
He said this was a new innovation that the Ministry of Agriculture appreciates, and is one of the ways forward as far as agricultural development is concerned.
According to Mr Jabang, supporting small-scale enterprises is just the beginning and it is a new line of direction they are working on.
Although there would be constraints and problems as they roll out the project, they would try to deal with them along the way.
On market, he said, the NEMA project would build market facilities throughout the country to address some of the major issues confronting the horticultural women gardeners in the country.
This was geared towards promoting the value chain management which is the new mode of thinking in the development drive of agriculture, he said.
Regarding transportation and cold storage, he continued, these are elements the GCAV, FASDEP and NEMA projects are working at addressing to fill those gaps in the market industry.
He reiterated their commitment and the focus of the projects towards the development of the farmers involving a programme whereby value chain actors could come up with a viable and tangible business plan that could be assisted with matching grant.
Mr Jabang stressed that the trade fair is all about exposure, and an opportunity for small and medium-scale enterprises as actors in the agricultural value chain to showcase their produce to the larger community in the country and outside.
He said the trade fair could develop market linkage even with traders in the urban community, who could come and discuss with them how to be supplying them with some of the items they produce or process at their level.
“I am glad about this year’s trade fair, especially on the theme: “Public Private Sector Partnership in Promoting National Development” which is a welcomed move in the development of the public sector.
He said the public enterprises could not develop agriculture all by themselves; hence the public private sector partnership would contribute more to national development as the private sector is the engine of growth for any economy.
He also said the partnership between the public sector, the government and its development partners could be more effective with smallholder farmers, who could develop into a big business entity with time. This was how farmers in the developed world started, he added.
He commended the GCCI for organising such an important trade fair, geared towards boosting agricultural production and productivity in the country.
He also called on GCCI to take the trade fair at regional level, throughout the country, which would help to assist the growth of the private sector, especially the smallholders, to showcase their produce.
Agric Ministry wraps up retreat
Monday, December 28, 2015
The Ministry of Agriculture (MOA), in collaboration with the Central Project Coordinating Unit (CPCU) and its line departments, recently concluded a three-day retreat at the Tendaba Camp.
The retreat, funded by the Gambia Commercial Agricultural Value Chain project (GCAV), was aimed at taking stock of their achievements, challenges, constraints, and to carve the way forward for a better and effective planning through harmonising.
In his address, the Minister of Agriculture, Ismalia Sanyang, said the massive response was an indication of the importance people attached to the retreat.
He stressed that if they want to succeed they need to plan better and in the process of planning, they need to be realistic and proactive.
He also emphasised that as a ministry, they need to create a synergy between the different departments, and be taken very seriously.
“What we envisage from this retreat is to come up with a document that we are proud of in terms of value and focus,” the Agriculture minister stressed.
In his remarks at the retreat, the permanent secretary 1 at the Ministry of Agriculture, Sait Drammeh, underscored the importance of the retreat, considering that it was high time the sector proved its relevance to the general public.
“We need to prepare a sectoral annual work plan that will demonstrate tangible results,” he said, adding that the gathering should be nurtured so that, occasionally, the ministry could converge, discuss and review progress, budgetary constraints and the way forward.
According to him, the retreat emanated from the meeting held between the Minister of Agriculture and the senior management staff and a team of consultants.
To this end, he continued, the Ministry of Agriculture thought it necessary to organise a retreat workshop so as to come up with an elaborate annual work plan budget, with clearly defined activities, targets, timelines, key performance indicators and budget for the period 2016.
He challenged participants to work hard and produce a realistic 2016 Annual Work Plan Budget (AWPB) that reflects the intentions and objectives for tangible results.
The coordinator of the Central Project Coordinating Unit (CPCU) at the Ministry of Agriculture, Momodou Mbye Jabang, stressed the importance of the retreat, which he said was meant to look at all in the basket that is available for the agricultural sector, and to prioritise and harmonise the efforts to make 2016 become different in boosting agricultural production and productivity.
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Posted - 30 Dec 2015 : 12:13:43
I wonder what happened to Mr. Jabang? Has he been fired again?
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Ebrima Jawara bounces back
Wednesday, December 30, 2015
 Ebrima Jawara, who was charged with abuse of office under the Central Projects Coordinating Unit (CPCU) at the Agriculture Ministry, was yesterday reappointed as PS II and coordinator of the CPCU, official sources said.
Mr Jawara, a son to former President Sir Dawda Kairaba Jawara, has been a long-serving civil servant at the Ministry of Agriculture.
He first served as PS I and later coordinator of the CPCU overseeing donor-funded projects under the Ministry of Agriculture.
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