THE GAMBIA - Agriculture and Food Security Project (AFDB-P-GM-AA0-022)

Regions
  • Africa
Geographic location where the impacts of the investment may be experienced.
Countries
  • Gambia
Geographic location where the impacts of the investment may be experienced.
Specific Location
Lower River, Central River, Upper River, North Bank, West Coast
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Financial Institutions
  • African Development Bank (AFDB)
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Project Status
Approved
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Bank Risk Rating
B
Environmental and social categorization assessed by the development bank as a measure of the planned project’s environmental and social impacts. A higher risk rating may require more due diligence to limit or avoid harm to people and the environment. For example, "A" or "B" are risk categories where "A" represents the highest amount of risk. Results will include projects that specifically recorded a rating, all other projects are marked ‘U’ for "Undisclosed."
Voting Date
Mar 4, 2024
Date when project documentation and funding is reviewed by the Board for consideration and approval. Some development banks will state a "board date" or "decision date." When funding approval is obtained, the legal documents are accepted and signed, the implementation phase begins.
Borrower
Government of Gambia
A public entity (government or state-owned) provided with funds or financial support to manage and/or implement a project.
Sectors
  • Agriculture and Forestry
The service or industry focus of the investment. A project can have several sectors.
Investment Type(s)
Grant
The categories of the bank investment: loan, grant, guarantee, technical assistance, advisory services, equity and fund.
Investment Amount (USD)
$ 12.00 million
Value listed on project documents at time of disclosure. If necessary, this amount is converted to USD ($) on the date of disclosure. Please review updated project documents for more information.
Grant Amount (USD)
$ 12.00 million
Value listed on project documents at time of disclosure. If necessary, this amount is converted to USD ($) on the date of disclosure. Please review updated project documents for more information.
Project Cost (USD)
$ 12.00 million
Value listed on project documents at time of disclosure. If necessary, this amount is converted to USD ($) on the date of disclosure. Please review updated project documents for more information.
Primary Source

Original disclosure @ AFDB website

Updated in EWS Apr 1, 2024


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Project Description
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As stated by the AfDB, the Board of Directors of the African Development Bank on September 21, 2021, approved The Gambia Agriculture and Food Security Project (GAFSp), with a grant funding of US$ 16million from the Global Agriculture and Food Security Programme (GAFSP), and US$ 1.37 million as counterpart contribution from the Government of The Gambia.
The Bank’s engagement in The Gambia through GAFSP in contributing to tackling Gambia’s overarching development challenge led to the successful approval of the Gambia Agriculture Food and Security Project (GAFSp) with funding of US$ 16 million following the 5th call for proposal in 2020. Based on the promising results achieved during the first year of implementation, a US$ 12 million grant was subsequently approved as additional financing to the initial project, following the GOTG response to the GAFSP 7th Call for Proposals for Additional Financing in 2022.

The project development objective for the additional financing remains the same as the parent project which seeks to increase food and nutrition security as well as household income for the vulnerable households in the project area. There is no change in geographic coverage with the Additional Finance. The same five administrative regions of The Gambia: Central River Region, Upper River Region, North Bank Region, Lower River Region, and West Coast Region are targeted. The selection of the regions has been based on five main criteria: (i) poverty levels; (ii) malnutrition of Children Under Five; (iii) food insecurity; and (iv) production potential. These selection criteria remain relevant with the AF.

The beneficiaries of this project will be small-scale farmers, especially women and young people.

Early Warning System Project Analysis
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The AfDB assigned E&S risk "Category 2" to the project.

Investment Description
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Contact Information
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AfDB Team Leader:

Rebecca Dadzie - Senior Agribusiness Officer
Email: r.e.dadzie@afdb.org

Implementing Agency - Ministry of Agriculture:

Address: The Quadrangle, New Administrative, Banjul
Email: info@moa.gov.gm
Website: https://moa.gov.gm/

ACCESS TO INFORMATION

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ACCOUNTABILITY MECHANISM OF AfDB

The Independent Review Mechanism (IRM), which is administered by the Compliance Review and Mediation Unit (CRMU), is the independent complaint mechanism and fact-finding body for people who have been or are likely to be adversely affected by an African Development Bank (AfDB)-financed project. If you submit a complaint to the IRM, it may assist you by either seeking to address your problems by facilitating a dispute resolution dialogue between you and those implementing the project and/or investigating whether the AfDB complied with its policies to prevent environmental and social harms. You can submit a complaint electronically by emailing crmuinfo@afdb.org, b.kargougou@afdb.org, b.fall@afdb.org, and/or s.toure@afdb.org. You can learn more about the IRM and how to file a complaint at: https://www.afdb.org/en/independent-review-mechanism/ 

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