The French Development Agency (AFD) and the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) signed a €7 million grant agreement to support the implementation of the Resilience of Organizations for Transformative Smallholder Agriculture (ROOTS) Project at the Ministry of Agriculture in Banjul.
The ceremony was attended by His Excellency Ambassador of France in Senegal and The Gambia, the IFAD Country Director for The Gambia and her senior staff, the Deputy Director of the AFD regional agency of Dakar and staff.The ceremony was chaired by Mr. HASSAN Jallow Permanent Secretary Ministry of Agriculture, also present were the CPCU Coordinator and his senior staff, ROOTS project Director and others.
The project aims to increase agricultural productivity,enhance access to markets for agricultural products and raise support for family farms and farmer organizations.
