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jambo
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 Posted - 23 May 2007 : 18:14:02
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how much will it cost for a dozen live chickens, and two goats, trying to work costs, cheers
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gambiabev
United Kingdom
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Posted - 23 May 2007 : 19:24:28
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Goats at Tobaski are about 50 quid each, perhaps alot cheaper at a different time of year? (supply and demand?)
No idea about chickens, but I am surprised more people dont have that as a little business, sell the eggs, eat the meat etc.
Does it cost alot to look after the chickens and rear them? Isnt it cost effective? |
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kondorong
Gambia
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Posted - 23 May 2007 : 20:58:49
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Originally posted by gambiabev
Goats at Tobaski are about 50 quid each, perhaps alot cheaper at a different time of year? (supply and demand?)
No idea about chickens, but I am surprised more people dont have that as a little business, sell the eggs, eat the meat etc.
Does it cost alot to look after the chickens and rear them? Isnt it cost effective?
Its cheaper buying chickens overseas than rearing them at home. Many ventured in the business but failed largely due to cost of chicken feed. Corn is not available locally to sustain the industry. This was a problem since the end of the second world war when the British Govt. through the CDC(Colonial Development Corporation) tried it in Brikama, to other projects at LMB, Welligara and some private businesses at Abuko. |
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gambiabev
United Kingdom
3091 Posts |
Posted - 23 May 2007 : 21:53:35
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| Thats a shame, because the cheap frozen chicken sourced overseas will be non organic: grown very fast with all sorts of things pumped into the body. Might be better to be veggie than eat that kind of chicken? |
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Alhassan
Sweden
813 Posts |
Posted - 24 May 2007 : 09:37:21
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Originally posted by kondorong
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Originally posted by gambiabev
Goats at Tobaski are about 50 quid each, perhaps alot cheaper at a different time of year? (supply and demand?)
No idea about chickens, but I am surprised more people dont have that as a little business, sell the eggs, eat the meat etc.
Does it cost alot to look after the chickens and rear them? Isnt it cost effective?
Its cheaper buying chickens overseas than rearing them at home. Many ventured in the business but failed largely due to cost of chicken feed. Corn is not available locally to sustain the industry. This was a problem since the end of the second world war when the British Govt. through the CDC(Colonial Development Corporation) tried it in Brikama, to other projects at LMB, Welligara and some private businesses at Abuko.
Kobo,
You are right. My causin had a poltry but gave it up because of the EU policies. They export frozen chicken produced from the EU countries in very tiet conditions and sell them cheaper than the Gambia Healthy ones. The same as the Bananas from Ghana to the EU.
Corn is the same thing. I can recall that some time two or tree years ago, the EU gave a hole boat full of corn to Zimbabwe , but Mugabi dumpde all at sea because it was not fit for human cumsion.
I always warn people at home not to buy frozen chicken from the EU.
I rememberded the CDC very well. At the present army camp at Yundum. When I was a child we who lived arround there were able to buy live chickens from the CDC to bred at home. This was ok for home use.
Until today you can buy a live chicken for D50.00 or less depending on where you buy it. Gambia can still grow corn if there are farms to grow them on. In my area in the kombos arround Yundum, there is a difficulty in finding farms because most of the farms have been sold as dwelling areas. At present , Government has imposed an embargo on all former farms that are sold and leased as farms, if you want to make a change of land use you loose 70% of the land depending on the size.
The problem of agriculture is soon going to be bigger if the farms are not preserved as farms and not sold as dwelling areas. For those of you from the river, I say go home and secure your farms and keep them as farms. The next land rush and grabbing is going to take place there. From Banjul to Soma is all occupied as dwelling areas.
This problem has made Jammeh to capitalise on having big farms in Sifo and other places. He has seen the trend and cant force people to stop selling their farms. All those who sold their farms because they wanted employment has been very dissapointed. The money they obtained after selling is finished and still no employment. What a diaster.
Even some of the ricefields have dissapeared for dwelling houses.
So how can Gambia grow food for its self if there are not enough space to farm? |
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jambo
3300 Posts |
Posted - 24 May 2007 : 14:06:24
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what a catch 22, i never looked at it like that way, so i should buy chickens from europe everything seems to be backward.
alhassan, i am sad about the land situation, situations like this lead to change in evreyday life. and not always for the best. "At present , Government has imposed an embargo on all former farms that are sold and leased as farms, if you want to make a change of land use you loose 70% of the land depending on the size" that is interesting.
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Jack
Belgium
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Posted - 24 May 2007 : 16:04:34
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sorry for my poor english but what are dwelling areas ?
Btw the main reason why the EU is exporting that much chicken meat is because its own markets are taken in by Asian (mainly Thailand) producers which are able to produce it much cheaper than europe because of the low cost of labour and the lack of environmental laws.
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Alhassan
Sweden
813 Posts |
Posted - 24 May 2007 : 16:26:16
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Originally posted by jambo
what a catch 22, i never looked at it like that way, so i should buy chickens from europe everything seems to be backward.
alhassan, i am sad about the land situation, situations like this lead to change in evreyday life. and not always for the best. "At present , Government has imposed an embargo on all former farms that are sold and leased as farms, if you want to make a change of land use you loose 70% of the land depending on the size" that is interesting.
jambo,
Not only you is sad. The problem is that many of us who inhereated our farms from fathers, grandfathers,Kabilos etc have grabbed big portions of land and leased it as farms to be grown on. Instead of growing crops, they end up being sold to those who want to have a place to bild a house(dwelling area. Some have more than one whilst others have nothing. This is a problem for the government. I am sure most of you have heard about more than one person having titledids of the same piece of land. This mostly ends up in court.
The fault lies withn the psysical planninig of the area concerned. They can cut you piece of land, cut from your neighbours and then sell it. This is wrong.
I have lived here in Sweden for many years but the good example I have learnt here is that everybody has the chance to buy a house if you have good bank contacts and have no qurreys from the Bailef. Most people are just intrested in having one house and maybe a summer house and thats all. To be a land lord here, you have laws to follow. The progressive tax system makes people be awear. The more you have the more tax you pay. This should have been the tax system at home. I support it. We here in Sweden are crying of the high taxes on everything.
You pay tax from you salary, when you go to buy food or clothing or anythingelse you pax another tax again. This is what we live with here. |
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gambiabev
United Kingdom
3091 Posts |
Posted - 24 May 2007 : 19:46:49
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| That tax system funds all the social care. It should be a progressive system according to what you own and what you earn. That way it is fare and helps keep the poorest at a reasonable standard. |
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