Sustainable Land Management Project, (SLMP) a unit under the Participatory Integrated Watershed Management Project (PIWAMP), organized a six days training of trainers on Sustainable Land Management for sixty multi-level partner stakeholder institutions.
SLMP project seeks to address interlinked
problems of rural poverty, food insecurity and land degradation.
After the training, trained participants
are expected to conduct a step-down training for extension workers and farmers
in their respective regions.
Participants were divided into two groups-participants
from Western Gambia-West Coast, North Bank and Lower River Region respectively
were group one and Easter Gambia comprises participants from Upper River, and
Central River North and South were group two.
The training was held at the Agricultural
Rural Farmers’ Training Centre at Jenoi in Lower River Region from 11-13 April
for Western Gambia, and 14-16 April, 2012 for Eastern Gambia participants
respectively.
Speaking at the official opening of the
training, Mr. Falalo Touray, director of Agriculture, Lower River Region (LRR)
emphasized on the importance of the training saying that capacity building is
key element in any project.
