 
Contact Address:
Methodist
Mission
Agricultural Programme
MMAP Gambia Head office
Nyambai
Sanyang Rd., Brikama
PO Box 288, Banjul
Western Region
The Gambia, W. Africa
Tel no: +220 4484853 / 4228510
Fax:
4484853 / 4227506
Email: mmap.inbox@gmail.com
mmap@qanet.gm
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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
Branches:
1 Banjul
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