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Crops of Gambia

 
Cassava Groundnuts
   
Cashew Nuts Kola Nuts
   
Coconuts Palm Oil
   
Fruits Rice

Overview:
The major crops grown in Gambia are millet, groundnuts, sorghum, maize, rice sesame, cassava and cotton.

More than one-third of The Gambia's arable land is devoted to millet, (123,000 ha in 2004), and another third to groundnuts (116,000 ha). Sorghum, maize and rice (dry land, irrigated and swamp) account for 15,000-26,000 ha each.

Source:
Department of Agriculture



















 
 
 
       

 
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