Gambia: Tidal floods destroy Sutukoba rice fields

Information received by Foroyaa on Friday, 20 September 2024 indicate that tidal flooding caused by recent heavy downpours, have destroyed rice fields in the Wuli East village of Sutukoba in Upper River Region of the Gambia. This seasonal phenomenon has been one of the major challenges that confronts rice producers in the village, because the flooding occurs when producers gear up to harvest their rice produce. Once flooded, most of the matured rice ready for cultivation is destroyed, reducing the bumper harvest expectation of the rice farmers which in turn negatively impacts on their food-self-sufficiency dreams. Reporting on the incident on Friday, Nja Fofana, a rice farmer in Sutukoba village, told Foroyaa that the flooded river has seriously affected their produce. "We use this rice to sustain our families. I was trained on rice production and I have learned a lot from the training which was significant, because we were trained on the importance associated with rice ...