Post crisis response to Food and Nutrition security in the Gambia

Contributing to the reduction of food insecurity and malnutrition in The Gambia

COUNTRY/REC Gambia

PROJECT COVERAGE Single-country

PROJECT PERIOD February 2017 - December 2019

PROJECT SITE Central River Region North, Central River Region South, Lower River Region, North Bank Region

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 National Disaster Management Agency
5 BAFROW
6 FAO 4,580,000.00
7 EU 8,353,000.00
8 WFP
9 UNICEF

Project scheme and budget (USD)

Project budget (USD) Rice component share (%) Rice component budget (USD)
Technical Assistance 0 0 0
Grant 12,933,000.00 0 0
Loan 0 0 0
Governmental 0 0 0
Other 0 0 0
Total 12,933,000.00 - 0
Project Goal

Contributing to the reduction of food insecurity and malnutrition in The Gambia

Project Objectives

To reduce malnutrition among children under 2 by addressing both the underlying causes and immediate needs of malnourished and at-risk households

Project Outputs

Strengthen the capacity of vulnerable smallholder farmers to sustainably boost household food security and income

Provide a comprehensive package for the promotion of optimal nutrition and care practices

Social and Behavioural Change Communication to enhance child and maternal nutrition and health

Project activities

Institutional Capacity strengthening

Early Detection, Prevention

Reducing the impact of floods in rice production areas

Provision of technical support

Reducing challenges in rice fields

Discouraging rural urban migration, increasing farmers` ability to pay for basic household needs

Farmer Field School

Capacity development

Addressing mobility constraints

Improving access to quality farm inputs

Beneficiaries

Direct Beneficiaries
# Beneficiary Number
1 Food insecure households 11000
Indirect Beneficiaries
# Beneficiary Number

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

Contact (implementing agency)

CARD