Agricultural
activities in The Gambia is by far the single most important economic activity.
It provides employment for about 60% of the working population of the country
and contributes an average of over 30 percent of the country’s gross domestic
product, but contribute to less than 10 per
cent of the value of exports. Agricultural development is one of the most powerful tools to end extreme
poverty and when done properly will feed the world’s population. Developing
the agriculture sector to produce more foood at a larger scale will be two to
four times more effective in raising incomes among the poorest compared to
other sectors. We want to engage in
large scale farming working with local farmholding communities where
poverty is highest, especially in the rural areas of the Gambia and in many
African countries where most of the population depends on agriculture for
subsistence and collectively grow in large quantities to feed families, but
sale nationally and in international markets.