FAO in the Gambia

FAO Projects

UNJP/GAM/051/PBF - Empowering Communities in The Gambia to prevent, mitigate and resolve land related conflicts exacerbated by climate change

UNJP/GAM/051/PBF - Empowering Communities in The Gambia to prevent, mitigate and resolve land related conflicts exacerbated by climate change

Objective: The project aims to empower 10 communities to prevent, mitigate, and resolve land-related conflicts exacerbated by climate change, through the promotion and support of sustainable land management, climate adaptation, and local conflict resolution mechanisms

 

NTE: 13-Mar-2027

 

Amount: 1,400,000 USD

 

Donor: PBF - Peace Building Fund

 

Partners: Ministry of Agriculture Livestock and Food Security, Ministry of Environment, Climate Change, and Natural Resources, Ministry of Local Government and Lands, Ministry of Justice, Judiciary of the Gambia, Ministry of Gender, Children, and Social Welfare, Ministry of Youth and Sports, Gambia Bureau of Statistics, ActionAid International The Gambia, West African Network for Peacebuilding and ACTIVISTA The Gambia

 

Code: UNJP/GAM/051/PBF

UNFA/GAM/049/UND - Enhanced Vegetable Production and Processing Project for Rural Women and Youth in The Gambia

UNFA/GAM/049/UND - Enhanced Vegetable Production and Processing Project for Rural Women and Youth in The Gambia

Objective: The overall goal of the proposed intervention is to contribute towards the attainment of food self-sufficiency in The Gambia, to increase earning capacity of women and youths and to mitigate against migration flow among youths

 

NTE: 31-Mar-2025

 

Amount: 954,916 USD

 

Donor: UND - UNDP Administered Trust Funds

 

Partners: Ministry of Agriculture Livestock and Food Security and Ministry of Youths and Sports

 

Code: UNFA/GAM/049/UND

 

GCP /GAM/044/GCF - Climate Resilient Fishery Initiatives for Livelihood Improvement

GCP /GAM/044/GCF - Climate Resilient Fishery Initiatives for Livelihood Improvement

Objective: The overall Developmental Objective of this project is to conserve and protect fisheries resources and their habitats in light of the impacts of climate change through sustainable mitigation and adaptation measures thereby enhancing climate resilience of fishing communities. It will contribute to the realization of The Gambia?s Climate Change Policy objectives. The project also builds of the First and Second National Communications and the National Adaptation Programme of Action by promoting adaptation measures within the fishery sector. The project will also contribute to promoting economic development to significantly improving the livelihoods of vulnerable and poor beneficiaries; youth and women in particular. The project will thereby contribute to employment opportunities for the youths and women of this country and in the process discourage migration. The project aims to promote strategies that would reduce post-harvest losses and CO2 emissions as well as protecting the mangrove cover

 

NTE: 27-Oct-2028

 

Amount: 17,200,000 USD

 

Donor: GCF - Green Climate Fund

 

Partners: Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Food Security and Ministry of Fisheries, Water Resources and National Assembly Matters.

 

Code: GCP /GAM/044/GCF

 

GCP /SFW/005/GCR - Institutional and technical support for REDD+ readiness in West Africa

GCP /SFW/005/GCR - Institutional and technical support for REDD+ readiness in West Africa

Objective: This GCF Readiness proposal will support the targeted countries to overcome challenges and address barriers by strengthening their institutional and technical capacities to develop REDD+ Warsaw framework to become REDD+ ready and mobilize the funding required in the Land Use, Land Use Change and Forestry (LULUCF) sector. This Readiness proposal will also exchange knowledge and lessons learned to strengthen countries? West Africa engagement in climate mitigation action.

 

NTE: 28-Aug-2025

 

Amount: 147,831

 

Donor: GCF - Green Climate Fund

 

Partners: Ministry of Finance and Economic Affairs, Department of Forestry

 

Code: GCP /SFW/005/GCR

 

TCP/GAM/3904 - Hand-in-Hand Initiative: Supporting food systems transformation through informed planning

TCP/GAM/3904 - Hand-in-Hand Initiative: Supporting food systems transformation through informed planning

Objective: To improve the livelihoods of the smallholder farmers through diversification, commercialization, evidence-based planning and market development.

 

NTE: 31-Oct-2025

 

Amount: 360,000 USD

 

Partners: Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Food Security

 

Code: TCP/GAM/3904

OSRO/GAM/050/UK - Emergency Assistance to Build Resilience against HPAI in The Gambia

OSRO/GAM/050/UK - Emergency Assistance to Build Resilience against HPAI in The Gambia

Objective: The objectives of the project are: To minimize the threat posed to human health and livelihood by HPAI outbreak among wild birds in The Gambia; To prepare for, control, and respond to an influenza epidemic; To build the capacity of government institutions as well as civil society organizations active in the poultry value chain to operationalize Good Emergency Management Practices; To put in place adequate bio-security measures.

 

NTE: 30-Sep-2024

 

Amount: 156,250 USD

 

Donor: UK (DEFRA)

 

Partners: Department of Livestock Services

 

Code: OSRO/GAM/050/UK

 

OSRO/SFW/006/USA - Regional project to enhance preparedness and response to acute food and nutrition insecurity 2023-24 of vulnerable households in the Sahel and West Africa

OSRO/SFW/006/USA - Regional project to enhance preparedness and response to acute food and nutrition insecurity 2023-24 of vulnerable households in the Sahel and West Africa

Objectives:

To strengthen national capacities on food and nutrition security analysis as well as regional coordination in order to scale up humanitarian preparedness and response in West Africa and the Sahel.

 

NTE: 30-Sep-2024

 

Amount: USD 500,000

 

Donor: USAID

 

Code: OSRO/SFW/006/USA