Gambia: Agritech Enterprise Donate 2000 Face masks to Farmers

Photo: Mr. Gassama and delegation.

 By Mamadou Edrisa Njie

A Gambian-own Enterprise locally dubbed Agritech Enterprise has on Thursday 5 June 2020, joined the ongoing crusade against in the distribution of face masks admits the Novel Coronavirus virus also is known as the COVID-19 pandemic.

Agritech Enterprise is a Gambian-own registered business enterprise specializing in supplying different types of farming machinery.

In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, Agrictech Enterprise have taken it upon themselves to donate 2000 face masks to the National Agricultural Land and Water Management Development Project (Nema).

The onward distribution was part of Nema’s support to beneficiary community farmers as part of humanitarian efforts.

The protective items were handed over to Mr. Momodou L. Gassama, Director Nema Project.

Gassama lauded the benefactors for the gesture while promising to distribute the face masks as agreed.  

He adduced his office cordial working relationship with Agrictech Enterprise in which he described to be the service provider for the project.

“Agritech Enterprise is serving as the provider for the project.  The project has been effectively working with us for the past years. They have honored and respect all the agreements we have signed with them,” he said.

He hailed Agritech Enterprise on their timely intervention in the donation of face masks to rural farmers.

“Farmers in rural areas needed face masks the most as it will help them to prevent themselves from COVID-19. With the help of these face masks, farmers can now work in their farms conductively.

He opined that the only way to overcome the COVID-19 pandemic is that community farmers need to protect themselves with the donated face masks while at work.

On his part, Mr. Mohammed Kora, Proprietor of Agritech said: “the donation made to Nema project is geared towards protecting the lives and live hoods of beneficiary farmers.”

He said Agritech is here to support the Gambian farmers so that they can improve in their farming activities.

He promised his company’s continued plowing back to Gambians particularly to farmers.

He highlighted the areas in which his company deals activities is centered on to be agro-machinery, agricultural inputs-fertilizer, seeds, and farming tools.

“We have this year added in the services of general construction, drilling of boreholes sola installation, fencing of gardens, construction of cattle troughs and construction of garden storage facilities,” he listed.

  

He added: “Today is another great day in the annals of my company’s history, because we are plowing back to society.”

He commended the Ministry of Agriculture and Nema project in their fruitful partnership and cooperation.

Lamin Badjie, Programme Manager, Agritech Enterprise, said the donation was geared toward contributing their quarter nation-building.

“The distribution of these face masks to our beneficiary community farmers is intended to remember them. We cannot afford to forget them in this trying time of the COVID-19 pandemic,” he concluded.