- To empower the women participants of Hewal marketing who are engaged in vegetable production in the Central River Region of The Gambia to become more economically secured in terms of livelihoods and for protecting he environment, a 6- day capacity building workshop was conducted for 170 members from September 12 to October 2, 2019 in the village of Wassu. The participants were drawn from the districts of Lower and Upper Saloum, Niani and Nianija districts.The training dealt with aspects of vegetable production techniques including site selection, seedbed preparation, seed selection, sowing methods, weeding techniques, past and disease control, harvesting and preservation, quality contro, value additions and
marketing strategies.

- A live fencing tree planting was conducted at the federation vegetable gardens in the villages of Jakaba and Touba Kuta.

- Construction of a greenhouse was initiated in the federation garden in the village of Fass to demonstrate all year vegetable production techniques to the federation members.