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Momodou
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 Posted - 29 Mar 2008 : 16:22:21
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Women Gardeners Lament Constraints
By Modou Jonga
Women Gardeners in Darsilami, Kombo Central District, are complaining that this year’s season is a total failure and a devastating one. Speaking to Foroyaa, women gardeners said they are confronted by the sporadic attacks of pests and insects in their gardens. They noted that their gardens are intruded by salt water, which retards and adversely hinders the growth of their vegetables. They complained of the lack of fencing structure for their gardens and the destruction of their vegetable seedlings by sray animals.
Speaking further, women Gardeners noted that they also lack a constant and proper water supply system in their gardens. They said each of them has, over the years, been digging wells to supply water to their vegetable plots but that these local wells often do collapse due to poor foundation and structure.
The woman complained about the high cost of fertilizer and the lack storage facilities to preserve their produce. According to them, the lack of storage facility had caused a great loss to their produce, such as tomatoes etc. They also decried the unavailability of space for them to sell their produce at both the Brikama and Serrekunda Markets.
The women vegetable gardeners said that it is only hardship and losses that they reap from their gardening activity, and therefore called on government and philanthropist organisations to come their aid.
Source: Foroyaa Newspaper Burning Issues
Issue No. 36/2008, 28 – 30 March 2008
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