13 May, 2024

MoAL launches final Call for Applications from Individuals and Groups for co-funding from the GIRAV Project

The Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock (MoAL) on Monday May 13, 2024 launched the final Call for Concept Notes and Applications from Individuals and Groups engaged in agricultural production, marketing,…

Read More
27 April, 2024

World Bank Board Approves an Additional Financing of USD68m for the GIRAV project

The World Bank Board has approved an Additional Financing of USD68 million for the Gambia Inclusive and Resilient Agricultural Value Chain Development Project (GIRAV).

Read More
19 March, 2024

GoTG, WB Conclude Negotiations for USD68M as Additional Financing for the GIRAV Project

The Government of the Gambia (GoTG) and the World Bank (WB) has successfully finalized negotiations for a proposed grant amounting to USD68million as Additional Financing for the Gambia Inclusive and Resilient…

Read More
26 January, 2024

GIRAV Project, Stakeholders sensitize 30 communities on GRM

More than Four Hundred and Fifty people drawn from 30 communities across the West Coast Region (WCR), Upper River Region (URR), Central River Region North (CRRN) and the North Bank Region (NBR) have been…

Read More
19 January, 2024

World Bank funded GIRAV Project Gives Seven New Toyota Pick UP Vehicles to its Implementing Partners

Seven Implementing Partners (IPs) of the World Bank Funded GIRAV project received a huge boost on Tuesday 16th January 2024 with the handing over of brand-new Toyota Pick Up Vehicles earmarked to enhance…

Read More
11 October, 2023

GIRAV Project Establishes, Trains Innovation Platforms for Improved Agricultural Productivity and Profitability

A three-day Training of Trainers workshop for 45 stakeholders of Innovation Platforms (IPs) from across the country is underway at Metzy Hotel in Kololi. Participants are drawn from the agriculture advisory…

Read More
02 October, 2023

Agric. PS Encourages Farmers to Keep Their Own Seeds, Embrace Commercial Agriculture

Mr. Mod Secka, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture has reaffirmed the Gambian Government’s commitment towards the attainment of food and nutrition security, sustainable socio-economic growth…

Read More
20 September, 2023

DoA, GIRAV Project train Agriculture Extension Workers on Yield Sampling, Survey and Measurement Techniques

174 Agriculture Extension staff and Regional Agriculture Directors for the seven agricultural regions are being trained in Yield Sampling, Survey and Measurement Techniques at the Jenoi Agricultural Rural…

Read More
04 September, 2023

Stakeholders validate GIRAV project supported E-extension ICT Platform for Agricultural Extension Delivery and Management

Stakeholders in the field crops and vegetables subsectors om Monday 4th September, 2023 validated the content of an E-extension ICT Platform for agricultural extension delivery and management at a one-day…

Read More
22 June, 2023

GIRAV Project Gives 250 MTs of Assorted Certified Maize and Rice seeds to smallholder farmers countrywide

The Gambia Government through the GIRAV project under the Ministry of Agriculture has procured an assortment of climate smart seeds worth over D21,902,000.00 (US$353,258.06) million to support food and…

Read More
28 April, 2023

GIRAV Procures 15,000MT of Assorted Fertilizer

The MoA procured the fertilizer through a USD10 million grant from the Work Bank through the Gambia Inclusive and Resilient Agricultural Value Chain Development Project (GIRAV). 

Read More
03 April, 2023

World Bank Funded GIRAV Project Concludes Hands On Training For Rice Farmers In CRRS and URR

One hundred and fifty farmers in the Central River Region South and Upper River Region have been sensitized and trained in a climate-smart agricultural methodology for cultivating rice.

Read More
30 March, 2023

RVCTP Hands Over 60 Tablets To Dept. of Planning Services

The Rice Value Chain Transformation Project (RVCTP) on Wednesday, 29th March 2023 handed over 60 tablets to the department of Planning Services under the Ministry of Agriculture.

Read More
22 March, 2023

World Bank Funded GIRAV Project Gives Laptops Worth Over GMD3M To Key Implementing Partners

Dr. Demba Sabally, Hon. Minister of Agriculture today presided over the official handing over of 35 brand new laptops worth over Three Million Gambian Dalasi (GMD3,000,000.00) to key Implementing Partners…

Read More
17 March, 2023

GIRAV Project Concludes 3days Training For The Project Staff, IPs

The Gambia Inclusive and Resilient Agricultural Value Chains Development Project (GIRAV) under the Central Projects Coordinating Unit (CPCU) of the Ministry of Agriculture on Thursday concluded a three-day…

Read More
19 February, 2023

Working For Zero Gender Based Violence: Gambian Gov’t-World Bank Funded GIRAV Project Intensifies Fight Against Gender-Based In The Gambia

The Gambia Inclusive and Resilient Agricultural Value Chains Development Project (GIRAV) under the Central Projects Coordinating Unit (CPCU) of the Ministry of Agriculture on Friday concluded a five days…

Read More
18 August, 2022

CPCU hands over 50 motorcycles to Agric Department

The Gambia Inclusive and Resilient Agricultural Value Chain Development Project under the Central Projects Coordinating Unit (CPCU) of the Ministry of Agriculture on Friday handed over 50 brand new motorcycles,…

Read More