Abdoulai G. Dibba

By Abdoulai G. Dibba The importation of rice is rising year- in and year- out while the national production level is declining annually despite donor intervention in the production of the staple. Rice is the major staple for Gambians with a per capita consumption of 117kg. The national requirements for rice in 2019 was 398,364 metric tons (MT) while the national production was estimated at only 22,706 metric tons (MT) or only 5.7 percent of the country's needs.

By Abdoulai G. Dibba The Gambia Bureau of Statistics (GBoS) has released the results of the finalized rebasing of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) using the Expenditure Approach (GDP-E). The Statistician General of GBoS Nyakassi Sanyang, said the Bureau has finalized the rebasing of GDP to the 2013 base year by using GDP-E. He said the time series data for 2004-2018 on GDP-E, were revised and rebased using the new benchmark year 2013 and that this is produced at both constant and current prices.

By Abdoulai G. Dibba Rice production is in gradual and general decline, when the national rice requirement for Gambians as their staple food, continues to increase.