Rice Value Chains Transformation Programme (RVCTP)

Improved household incomes, and food and nutrition security

COUNTRY/REC Gambia

PROJECT COVERAGE Single-country

PROJECT PERIOD January 2019 - December 2024

PROJECT SITE Central River Region North, Central River Region South, Upper River Region

Implementing agencies, partners, and budget (USD)

# Agency / Partner Budget
1 Ministry of Agriculture
2 AfDB 5,930,000.00
3 IsDB 16,550,000.00
4 BADEA 10,000,000.00
5 TSF Grant 1,080,000.00

Project scheme and budget (USD)

Project budget (USD) Rice component share (%) Rice component budget (USD)
Technical Assistance 0 0 0
Grant 23,560,000.00 0 0
Loan 10,000,000.00 0 0
Governmental 760,000.00 0 0
Other 0 0 0
Total 34,320,000.00 - 0
Project Goal

Improved household incomes, and food and nutrition security

Project Objectives

Increased production and productivity of Rice

Improved value addition and commercialization of rice

Increased youth and women employment and dietary diversity in women and children

Project activities

Production And Productivity Support

Agribusiness Market,and Capacity Development Support

Project Management

Beneficiaries

Direct Beneficiaries
# Beneficiary Number
1 Households 15000
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