The Government of the Gambia The Gambia Second Generation National Agricultural Investment Plan-Food and Nutrition Security (GNAIP II-FNS) 2019-2026 i Contents ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS ............................................................................................................................. IV PART 1 INTRODUCTION............................................................................................................................................... 1 1.1 KEY MACRO-ECONOMIC AND FOOD AND / NUTRITION SECURITY INDICATORS .................................................................... 1 1.2 THE ORIGIN AND FORMULATION OF SECOND GENERATION GNAIP-FNS .......................................................................... 2 1.3 THE GNAIP II FORMULATION OVERSEEING PROCESS .................................................................................................... 4 1.3.1 GNAIP II Formulation Overseeing Process ..................................................................................................... 4 1.3.2 Country’s Basic Strategy Development Blue Prints ....................................................................................... 6 PART II ASSESSMENT OF THE FIRST GENERATION NAIP .............................................................................................. 9 2.1 THE GROWTH PERFORMANCE OF SECTORS (EXTERNAL EFFECTIVENESS OF THE NAIP) ......................................................... 9 2.1.1 ANR Growth Performance ................................................................................................................................. 9 2.1.3 External Effectiveness of the GNAIP ............................................................................................................ 22 2.2 THE EVOLUTION OF THE FOOD AND NUTRITION SITUATION ................................................................................................. 23 2.2.1 Vulnerability Assessment ............................................................................................................................ 24 2.3 GOVERNANCE OF THE AGRICULTURAL, FOOD AND NUTRITION SECTOR ........................................................................... 27 PART III: STRATEGIC GUIDELINES FOR AGRO-FORESTRY-PASTORAL AND FISHERIES DEVELOPMENT, BUILDING THE RESILIENCE OF VULNERABLE POPULATIONS BY 2025 ......................................................................................... 33 3.1 THE VISION ................................................................................................................................................................ 33 3.2 CHALLENGES AND ISSUES BY PRIORITY AREA ...................................................................................................................... 34 3.3 STRATEGIC AXIS ........................................................................................................................................................... 37 3.4 EXPECTED IMPACTS ...................................................................................................................................................... 38 4.2 THE AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT PRIORITIES .................................................................................................................. 41 4.1.1 Production and value chain promotion on food crops and vegetables sub-sector ..................................... 41 4.1.2 Production and value chain promotion of the livestock husbandry and pastoralist sub-sector ................. 51 4.1.3 Production and value chain promotion on fishery and aquaculture sub-sector .............................................. 66 4.1.4 Production and value chain promotion on forestry and environment sub- sector .......................................... 79 4.2.1 Food and nutrition security, resilience, social protection ............................................................................ 83 CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION ................................................................................................................................... 85 4.2 DETAILED PRESENTATION OF COMPONENTS OF THE 2016-2020 PLAN ................................................................................... 86 4.2.1 Food crops and vegetables value chains ......................................................................................................... 86 4.2.2 Livestock value chains ..................................................................................................................................... 91 4.2.2 Production and Value Chain Promotion on Fisheries and Aquaculture Sub-sector ..................................... 98 4.2.3 Forestry, Biodiversity and Wildlife Management ...................................................................................... 106 4.2.5 Strengthening the resilience of vulnerable populations in food and nutrition security............................ 119 5. BUDGET AND FUNDING OF NAIP 2019 – 2026 ................................................................................................ 126 5.1 EVALUATION OF THE BUDGET ....................................................................................................................................... 126 5.2 THE FUNDING STRATEGY (MOBILISATION OF DOMESTIC AND EXTERNAL RESOURCES) ........................................................ 128 6. THE IMPLEMENTATION, MONITORING AND EVALUATION AND COMMUNICATION STRATEGY FOR THE PERIOD 2019-2026 ............................................................................................................................................................... 128 6.1 THE IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGY .......................................................................................................................... 128 6.2 MONITORING AND EVALUATION ............................................................................................................................ 129 6.3 COMMUNICATION STRATEGY ................................................................................................................................ 129 ii 7. RISKS AND ASSUMPTIONS .............................................................................................................................. 130 8. ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL PROFITABILITY OF THE PLAN .............................................................................. 131 9. GNAIP II RESULTS FRAMEWORK ..................................................................................................................... 131 10.0 GENERAL CONCLUSION ................................................................................................................................... 132 REFERENCES ............................................................................................................................................................ 133 List of tables Table 1: Thematic Sub Committees and Composition ....................................................................................................... 5 Table 2: The time line of key GNAIP II formulation processes ............................................................................................. 5 Table 3: Achievements of Crops by 2017 .......................................................................................................................... 13 Table 5: Top 20 Products Exported 2012-2016 (FOB Value US$’000) ............................................................................... 20 Table 6: National cereal production forecast and comparison with the average of the last 5 years ............................... 25 Table 7: Ongoing and pipeline Public sector projects ....................................................................................................... 31 Table 9: Challenges in Production and Value Chain Promotion ........................................................................................ 34 Table 14. Livestock populations by region ....................................................................................................................... 52 Table 16: Updated Summary of the National CF Overview ............................................................................................... 80 Table17: Key Impact Indicators and Targets ................................................................................................................. 131 List of figures Figure1: Sustainable development goals of the United Nation .......................................................................................... 3 Figure 2: Revised priority programme areas of Second Generation GNAIP-FNS ................................................................. 7 Figure 3: Linkages between GNAIP-FNS with the National Development Plan ................................................................... 7 Figure 4: GDP and ANR Sectors Average Growth Rates .................................................................................................... 11 Figure 5: GDP and Annual Growth Rates (2011 -2017) ..................................................................................................... 12 Figure 6: Percent Cultivated Area, Yield and Production Achieved by 2017 ..................................................................... 14 Figure 7: The Gambia's merchandise Imports and Exports (2010 – 2016) .......................................................................