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Information:
The Methodist Mission Agricultural Programme was founded in
Banjul in 1974 by the
Methodist Church
of The Gambia as a farming based NGO which promotes revenue
generation activities, environmental protection and food
security development in rural communities. The development
charity's main goal is ultimately to improve the livelihoods
and standards of living for rural communities.
MMAP's main aims are met through various measures such as
the use of effective crop irrigation methods, water tube well
digging, treadle pumps, tree planting, food preservation,
growing seedlings, running courses for farmers, promoting
woodlots etc.
The
Methodist missionaries
have been operating in The Gambia since 1821 and first became
involved in the field of horticulture in 1823 when it procured
five dozen hoes and various farming equipment for projects
on Janjanbureh also known as Lemain Island (formerly McCarthy
Island).
Activities & Programmes:
• Agro-forestry management
• Central River & Upper River Region (URR) Tree Planting
Project
• Enhance women's Community Based Organizations (CBOs)
• Establish farming cooperative groups at village level
• Food security and family income improvement
• Facilitate bringing together of farmer groups & micro-finance
institutions
• Facilitate land registration for various women's groups
• Fruit preserves
• Livestock and agro-forestry
• Monitoring & Evaluation
• Peri-Urban Horticultural project
• Preserves of processed Wonjo jam, mango, marmalade, chilli
hot sauce etc. Distribution helped by Gambia
Is Good (GIG)
• Procurement & distribution of agro inputs
• Production of fruit preserves such as mango jam and chutney
• Rainy & dry season vegetable production
• SMILE program Irrigation systems installation in smallholder
vegetable gardens
• Staff training & capacity building in crop production
& management
• Staff administrative and management training
• Training for farmers
• Water borehole digging to aquifer
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