The
Minister of Agriculture, Dr. Demba Sabally, on Friday 23rd September 2022
launched the African Emergency Food Production Facility (AEFPF). The facility
is supported by the African Development
Bank through the Rice Value Chain Transformation Project (RVCTP).
The
AEFPF is additional financing that follows the joint meeting of the
Minister of Agriculture and the Minister of Finance of the African Union on the African Emergency Food Production plan in which The Gambia participated.
Speaking
at the launching ceremony, Dr. Sabally informed the gathering that the
Government of The Gambia is taking major strides to transform the Agriculture
sector in addressing food security and meeting the nutritional needs of its people.
He
noted The Gambia’s high dependence on imports for staple and key commodities and
said it has deepened the country’s vulnerability to external shocks such as
global pandemics and crises.
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