The
much awaited National Development Plan of the new government has finally been
completed, according to the permanent secretary of the Ministry of Agriculture.
Sait
Drammeh said The Gambia government has just completed the preparation of the
National Development Plan.
However,
he did not give any further detail as to key priorities outlined in the plan
and when the implementation would start.
Mr
Drammeh said the finalisation of the development plan also coincided with the
beginning of preparations of the second Gambia National Agriculture Investment
Programme (GNAIP).
“All
of these national blueprints are interlinked with our ultimate aim of achieving
the socio-economic development goals of the Government of The Gambia,” he said
at the opening ceremony of a workshop to validate the new Agricultural Natural
Resource Policy (ANR) 2015-2025, a successor to the expired ANR policy.
According
to him, the national development plan and the natural resource policy are
strategic priorities that accurately respond to the present day development and
transformation needs and those of the funding and development partners.
The
agriculture ministry permanent secretary said the new ANR policy is a clear
testimony of the sector’s concerted efforts to harmonise the interventions in
respective ministries so as to enhance production and productivity within the
various subsectors such as crops, livestock, fisheries and wildlife.
The
coordinator of the Central Projects Coordination Unit (CPCU) of the Ministry of
Agriculture, Mbye Jabang, said the policy aims to intensify, transform and
commercialise agricultural production based on sound natural resource
management.
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