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🌱 Take a look at this cowpea field! Healthy, vibrant, and steadily maturing, this field demonstrates the impact of certified seed support from the Gambia Agriculture and Food Security Project (GAFSp). With access to quality certified seeds, farmers are seeing stronger crop growth and better prospects for improved production and harvests. 💚 The support starts with the seed, but the impact grows far beyond it. 👉 Follow GAFSp for more stories of progress from farmers across The Gambia. #GAFSp #CertifiedSeeds #Cowpea #FarmerSupport #Agriculture #FoodSecurity #TheGambia @WFP_TheGambia @AfDB_Group @GAFSPfund @philboahen @batdes @WFP

💬 Feedback like this reminds us why the work we do matters. We appreciate Baka Dem for recognising the impact of the Gambia Agriculture and Food Security Project (GAFSp) school feeding support. As he highlighted, supporting children with meals at school can contribute to improved enrolment and retention, while helping create a better environment for learning. 💚 Every positive comment is a reminder that the impact is being felt and recognised within our communities. 👉 Follow GAFSp for more feedback, stories and project impact from across The Gambia. #GAFSp #CommunityFeedback #SchoolFeeding #Education #FoodSecurity #ImpactStories #TheGambia

🌱 Every school meal carries more than nutrition. It carries the promise of better learning and a brighter future. Through the Gambia Agriculture and Food Security Project (GAFSp), the Home-Grown School Feeding Programme is helping create healthier learning experiences while supporting the wider school community. 💚 Nourishing children today. Building stronger futures tomorrow. #GAFSp #HomeGrownSchoolFeeding #HGSFP #SchoolFeeding #FoodSecurity #Education #TheGambia @WFP_Africa @WFP_TheGambia @AfDB_Group @GAFSPfund @batdes @philboahen

🌱 1,280 Hectares Under Cultivation Through the Gambia Agriculture and Food Security Project (GAFSp), certified seed support has enabled farmers across the country to cultivate 1,280 hectares of farmland, thereby increasing production and strengthening livelihoods. 🌾 Quality seeds. More land in production. Greater harvest potential. #GAFSp #GambiaAgricultureAndFoodSecurityProject #CertifiedSeeds #SupportingFarmers #FoodSecurity #TheGambia @batdes @philboahen @WFP @AfDB_Group @GAFSPfund

👀 Did you see the difference? What was once an old-school toilet facility has been transformed into a cleaner, safer, and more dignified space for children. 💚 Through the Home-Grown School Feeding Programme (HGSFP), GAFSp is helping improve the school environment because children deserve more than education; they deserve to learn in safety, good health, and dignity. 🏫 A better school environment makes a difference. The before-and-after says it all. #GAFSp #HGSFP #SafeLearning #SchoolSanitation #ChildWellbeing #TheGambia @batdes @GAFSPfund @AfDB_Group @WFP @philboahen

🌱 Seeds of Hope | Episode 4 – Abdoulie Jagne, Groundnut Farmer For a farmer, having land is one thing. Having the right seeds to sow it is another. 🥜 In Central River Region North, Abdoulie Jagne is among the farmers who received certified groundnut seeds through the Gambia Agriculture and Food Security Project (GAFSp) for the 2026 farming season. With his seeds already sown, Abdoulie looks ahead with confidence, hopeful that good rains, quality seeds, and the right farming practices will translate into a productive harvest. 🎥 Hear from Abdoulie as he shares what this support means for his farming season and his hopes for the harvest ahead. #SeedsOfHope #GAFSp #GambiaAgricultureAndFoodSecurityProject #GroundnutFarming #CertifiedSeeds #SupportingFarmers #FoodSecurity #TheGambia @batdes @philboahen @WFP @GAFSPfund @AfDB_Group @WFP_TheGambia

🌱 A good meal can make a real difference in a child's education. 🍲📚 For Isatou Jallow of Yallal Ba Basic Cycle School, the Home-Grown School Feeding Programme has changed her experience in the classroom. She shares that having meals at school now helps her concentrate better and perform better in class than before. Through the Gambia Agriculture and Food Security Project (GAFSp), the programme is connecting nutrition with learning outcome while also creating market opportunities for smallholder farmers. 🎥 Hear Isatou tell her story in her own words. 💬 How important do you think school meals are to a child's learning and performance? #GAFSp #GambiaAgricultureAndFoodSecurityProject #HomeGrownSchoolFeeding #SchoolFeeding #Nutrition #Education #FoodSecurity #TheGambia

Reduced post-harvest losses. More income. Better opportunities for farmers. 🥬📈 For Manjiki Jatta, access to cool storage through the Gambia Agriculture and Food Security Project (GAFSp) is making a real difference. In her testimonial, she shares how the facility is helping farmers reduce post-harvest losses, preserve their vegetables longer, and earn more from their produce rather than losing valuable harvests before they reach the market. 🎥 Hear Manjiki explain how better storage is turning more of what farmers grow into income. #GAFSp #GambiaAgricultureAndFoodSecurityProject #PostHarvestLoss #CoolStorage #SupportingFarmers #FoodSecurity #TheGambia #afdb #wfp @WFP_Africa @WFP_TheGambia @GAFSPfund @AfDB_Group @philboahen @batdes

The Department of Livestock Services (DLS), with support from the Gambia Agriculture and Food Security Project (GAFSp), is conducting an intensive poultry management training for 30 poultry farmers, 60% of whom are women, at the Jenoi Farmers Training Center. The comprehensive curriculum covers the entire poultry life cycle, including housing and biosecurity, nutrition and feeding, health management and disease prevention, breeding and hatchery practices, record-keeping, and market-oriented production techniques. Participants would be poultry farmer field facilitators, selected graduates from previously supported Poultry Farmer Field Schools, and regional livestock assistants. Upon completion, trainees will serve as peer trainers and extension resource persons within their respective Farmer Field Schools and communities, strengthening local capacity for sustainable poultry production and improved household livelihoods. This initiative aims to enhance technical knowledge, promote gender-inclusive participation in livestock enterprises, and boost resilience and food security through increased poultry productivity. Participants expressed appreciation to GAFSp for the support and committed to applying best practices to ensure the health and productivity of their flocks. #PoultryManagement #CapacityBuilding #FoodSecurity #GAFSP #DLS @philboahen @GAFSPfund @batdes @AfDB_Group @WFP_TheGambia

🌱📚 Investing in Education, Growing the Future Through the Support to the Home-grown school feeding Programme, the Gambia Agriculture and Food Security Project (GAFSp) provided chain-link fencing for 20 school gardens, creating safe and productive learning spaces for agriculture at participating schools. These gardens are outdoor classrooms where students gain practical agricultural skills, learn the value of healthy nutrition, and develop a deeper appreciation for food production. By strengthening school gardening initiatives, GAFSp is helping to nurture a generation of informed, skilled, and food-secure young people while supporting improved nutrition and sustainable livelihoods. Empowering students today. Securing food systems for tomorrow. #GAFSp #SupportToEducationSector #SchoolGardens #FoodSecurity #Agriculture #SchoolFeeding #YouthEmpowerment #TheGambia @AfDB_Group @WFP_Africa @GAFSPfund @philboahen @batdes

More than 267,000 school children across NBR, CRR North & South, and URR have benefited from daily nutritious meals through GAFSp’s Home-Grown School Feeding Programme. By supporting school feeding, the project is helping children stay healthy, improving classroom performance and school attendance, and building a brighter future while creating market opportunities for local farmers. Healthy children. Brighter future. Better Gambia. 🇬🇲🌱 #GAFSp #HomeGrownSchoolFeedingProgramme #SchoolFeeding #FoodSecurity #Nutrition #EducationForAll #SupportingLocalFarmers #TheGambia #HealthyChildrenStrongerFuture #BetterGambia @philboahen @batdes @WFP_TheGambia @GAFSPfund @AfDB_Group

A protected garden is more than just a fence; it is protection for learning, nutrition, and the future of our children. 🌱🏫 Through the Gambia Agriculture and Food Security Project’s Social Protection Component, 20 school gardens have been supported with chain-link fencing, helping schools grow food in safer and more sustainable environments for students and communities. #GAFSP #FoodSecurity #SchoolGardens #SupportingCommunities #ClimateResilience #TheGambi @philboahen @GAFSPfund @WFP_TheGambia @AfDB_Group @batdes

🐔 “Knowledge sharing is empowering women to succeed in poultry farming.” Mam Jawara from Sinchu Madado shares her appreciation for the support provided through the Poultry Farmer Field School training under the Gambia Agriculture and Food Security Project. 🌾 Through the farmer field school training, women are gaining valuable poultry management skills in feeding, vaccination, biosecurity etc, helping them increase production, strengthen their livelihoods, and build more sustainable businesses. 💪🏾 ▶️ Watch her inspiring testimonial and hear the impact firsthand. #GambiaAgricultureAndFoodSecurityProject #FarmerFieldSchool #WomenEmpowerment #PoultryFarming #Agriculture #TheGambia #FoodSecurity #WomenInAgriculture #RuralDevelopment @GAFSPfund @philboahen @batdes @WFP_TheGambia @AfDB_Group