Agriculture for Economic Growth and Food Security/Nutritionto mitigate migration flows

To contribute to sustainable growth in the agricultural sector and reduce food insecurity and malnutritionto mitigate migration flows to Europe

COUNTRY/REC Gambia

PROJECT COVERAGE Single-country

PROJECT PERIOD August 2017 - July 2021

PROJECT SITE Central River Region North, Central River Region South

Implementing agencies, partners, and budget (USD)

# Agency / Partner Budget
1 Ministry of Agriculture
2 National Nutrition Agency
3 Ministry of Health and Social Welfare
4 EU 23,114,000.00
5 WFP
6 FAO

Project scheme and budget (USD)

Project budget (USD) Rice component share (%) Rice component budget (USD)
Technical Assistance 0 0 0
Grant 23,114,000.00 0 0
Loan 0 0 0
Governmental 370,000.00 0 0
Other 0 0 0
Total 23,484,000.00 - 0
Project Goal

To contribute to sustainable growth in the agricultural sector and reduce food insecurity and malnutritionto mitigate migration flows to Europe

Project Objectives

Increased agricultural productivity/diversification and access to food

Increased most vulnerable smallholders' participation in value chains

Enhanced information systems, crisis management and prevention

Project activities

Strengthened extension services and farmer capacities(including climate SMART agriculture)

Increased sustainable production/productivity/diversification and enhanced quality of selected agricultural crops and livestock

Increased access to quality food via social safety nets for improved nutritional status

Improved functioning of national cooperative and association bodies in agricultural sector

Better market access for smallholders: development of value chain opportunities, access to rural finance, access roads

Improved information gathering and dissemination on food security and nutrition (Early Warning System, statistics, market information system)

Improved implementation of risk mitigation measures (disaster risk reduction,including climate changes adaptation and resilience measures, disaster risk management, insurances tools, nutrition and social safety nets)

RICE Approach: Areas of contribution by the project

Resilience Industrialization Competitiveness Empowerment
R1: Area under irrigation
I1: Capacity of industrial mills
C1: Share of local rice
E1: Access to financial services
R2: Quantity of resilient seeds
I2: Mechanization ratio
C2: Quantity of high-yielding seeds
E2: Access to technical services

SIEM

Policy / Institutional Infrastructure Human Resource Capacity Provision of Equipments or services Knowledge / Research
Seed
Fertilizer
Irrigation / water management
On-farm technology transfer
Mechanization
Quality Improvement
Access to market
Access to credit
Overall policy tools

Crosscutting

Women

Youth

Nutrition

Climate Change

Food system