Validation of the National Horticulture Strategy (2020-2025).

19 February 2020, Kairaba Hotel, The Gambia

The Horticulture Sector makes an important contribution to farm incomes ensuring food and nutrition security, and is also a considerable source of foreign exchange

earnings for a number of nations, including The Gambia. Demand for horticulture products is

rising globally; farmers worldwide find production and marketing of high- value and high-

volume horticultural crops a profitable venture.

FAO is ready to support the Gambia to address barriers to market access for farmers and

food enterprises through responsible private sector investment, robust policies and

regulations.

FAO supported the formulation of the National Horticulture Strategy; we acknowledge the

challenge to produce more fruit, and vegetables sustainably. Horticultural production

systems must cope with uncertainties resulting from climate change, while taking into

consideration social, political, economic and environmental impacts.

The National Horticulture Strategy (2020-2025), supports the attainment of the National Development Plan goals and effects the implementation of the Horticulture Master Plan (2015-2035). © FAO/Freya Morales

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