Gambia Produce Marketing Board
Gambia Produce Marketing Board (GPMB) was a state-owned company in the West African state of Gambia . The company was founded in the British colony in 1949 as the Gambia Oilseed Marketing Board (GOMB) , the name was changed in 1971.
It was responsible for processing and marketing peanut production in the country until 1993 when it was then sold to the Swiss company Alimenta SA. These renamed the company in Gambia Groundnut Corporation (GGC).
Since 1999 the GGC has been under state control again. The changed name was retained.
Individual evidence
- ^ Arnold Hughes and Harry A. Gailey: Historical dictionary of the Gambia Lanham, Md.: Scarecrow Press, 1999., ISBN 0-8108-3660-2
- ↑ GAMBIA GROUNDNUT CORPORATION (GGC) ( Memento of the original from October 26, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Gambia Divestiture Agency, accessed August 2008
