Dear List managers, Could someone please unsubscribe me from [log in to unmask] and subscribe me at [log in to unmask] I have seen that you already change my subscription from [log in to unmask] I thank you so much for that despite I have not been able to receive any mails for the past two days or so. I have been having problems a lot receiving my mails. Thanks to you all for the wonderful job you are doing. We have not seen a lot of people subscribing with false names here recently. So the system is working despite some of the identities are still pseudo. Ousman Jallow Bojang ----- Original Message ----- From: saikss <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Saturday, March 02, 2002 4:08 AM Subject: The Independent Joe, You might have seen this one too.I only hope that those who received the Tractors from the President are benifiting from it. For Freedom Saiks Tragedy for Trade Season Again! Farmers Forced Into Credit Buying Email This Page Print This Page The Independent (Banjul) February 25, 2002 Posted to the web February 26, 2002 Banjul Tragedy has once again hit the groundnut trade season, leaving desperate farmers with one alternative to sell their nuts to local buyers from neighboring Senegal or through black marketing if they want to escape credit buying. Reliable sources at the Department of Agriculture told The Independent that many farmers took their crops for sale at the turn of the new year without receiving their money. They highlighted that some farmers may hit a dive of financial strait, leaving them unable to buy rams for the forthcoming tobaski feast. Sources stated that since the disagreement and seizure of the assets of the Gambia Groundnut Cooperation (GGC) by the government, a serious question was opened regarding the purchase of groundnuts in the 1999/2000 trade season, with the trend carrying into this year. They claimed that the 1999/2000 and 2000/2001 groundnut trade seasons were said to be years of disaster but the 2001/2 season will be a national catastrophe. However, many farmers who spoke to The Independent showed interest in selling their nuts hence according to them there are always satisfied with the after since it will not be in the form of credit buying and will not be destroyed by pests. Disappointed farmers who engaged in credit buying expressed pessimism over whether they would receive their money before the tobaski feast. "We are very disappointed because just few months ago we were told that this year's groundnuts trade season was going to be different but see how things are going" an aggrieved farmer in Ndungu Kebbeh said. Another farmer from Kerr Jarga lamented that they sometimes face disrespect from local buyers. "We have to bear with that because the government we rely on cannot provide for our needs and these people are having what we need. So there is no other option but to be patient" he added. Quizzed about the price of their produce, Pa Secka said "we do not expect them to buy our produce at a high price and attract little profit at the end of the day". ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- -- Make allAfrica.com your home page ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- -- Top | Who We Are | Copyright | Privacy | Shop | Advertising | Sponsor Wire ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- -- Copyright © 2002 The Independent. All rights reserved. Distributed by AllAfrica Global Media (allAfrica.com). Click here to contact the copyright holder directly for corrections -- or for permission to republish or make other authorized use of this material. >>at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html >>To contact the List Management, please send an e-mail to: >>[log in to unmask] >> >><<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>> > > > > >_________________________________________________________________ >Join the world's largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. >http://www.hotmail.com > ><<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>> > >To view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L Web interface >at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html >To contact the List Management, please send an e-mail to: >[log in to unmask] > ><<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>> <<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>> To view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L Web interface at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html To contact the List Management, please send an e-mail to: [log in to unmask] <<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>> <<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>> To view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L Web interface at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html To contact the List Management, please send an e-mail to: [log in to unmask] <<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>>