[{"bbox": [96, 91, 1134, 172], "category": "Text", "text": "for agri-food system development. The Action targets women as key beneficiaries, while aiming to reduce gender inequalities in, for instance, access to land, water, technology and finance. The project will be instrumental for gender equality becoming a powerful catalyser for sustained and inclusive green growth in The Gambia."}, {"bbox": [96, 197, 1134, 381], "category": "Text", "text": "Expansion in the use of water resources for horticultural- and other high-value production during the lean season, and the strengthening of water governance will stabilise yields and returns from crop farming. With the use of modern horticultural technologies, innovation, and inputs, farming will become more profitable in The Gambia and attract public/private horticultural investment. Unlocking and leveraging domestic and external financing to replicate and scale-up proven agri-food business models will significantly increase the number of Gambians benefiting directly and indirectly from a sustained and sustainable commercialisation of agricultural and horticultural value chains."}, {"bbox": [96, 408, 1134, 648], "category": "Text", "text": "The proposed Action intends to contribute to the MIP 2021-27 Priority Area 2 – “Green Economy for Sustainable Growth and Jobs”, in particular sub-sector 2.2 “To support the sustainable development of local agri-food systems”. The Action embeds the objectives of the EU’s Farm to Fork Strategy¹: (i) to reduce the environmental and climate footprint of food systems and strengthen their resilience, and (ii) to ensure food security in the face of climate change and biodiversity loss, and lead a global transition towards competitive sustainability from farm to fork, strengthening export opportunities through better quality and standards. The Action will also contribute to the Green Deal Diplomacy outcome of the Farm to Fork Strategy, especially the dimensions “Ensure sustainable food production”, “Ensure food and nutritional security” and “Promoting sustainable food consumption and facilitating the shift to healthy sustainable diets”."}, {"bbox": [96, 674, 1134, 857], "category": "Text", "text": "With a focus on climate change adaptation and protection of the environment, fostering a transition to agro-ecology and circular economy, the action will limit future climate change and poverty-related migration. The Gambia has demonstrated strong ambition and led the way in combatting climate change, by submitting a Second Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC)² in 2021 whose commitment was widely commended for being the only NDC that is 1.5oC compatible. In line with the country's commitment to the Paris Agreement which it signed on 25th April 2016, The Gambia has developed an ambitious plan for achieving net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050."}, {"bbox": [96, 886, 1134, 1019], "category": "Text", "text": "Combined with the Gambia's imminent accession to the Great Green Wall initiative, this action also aligns with key commitments set by The Gambia in its NDC, both on climate change mitigation and adaptation, with relevant targets of Greenhouse gases (GHG) reduction. In climate change mitigation in the agriculture sector: improving agricultural resilience by implementing climate-smart agriculture, and reducing food losses. In climate change adaptation: on territorial planning, climate finance, energy/waste management, rural climate resilience."}, {"bbox": [96, 1031, 1134, 1218], "category": "Text", "text": "This Action will further gain visibility and potential to unlock other support opportunities in connection with the Global Gateway investment strategy and with the EU Green Deal (and its underlying strategies, namely the Farm-to-Fork, the Biodiversity³ and the Adaptation⁴ strategy, as well as, the EU Zero deforestation regulation⁵). This Action is coherent with the Paris Climate Accords, adopted in 2015, and will deliver on the UN 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. The Action will particularly contribute to SDG 1, SDG 2, SDG 5, SDG 10, SDG 12, SDG 13 and SDG 15, and comply with the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)-DAC Rio markers on biodiversity, climate change mitigation and adaptation, and desertification."}, {"bbox": [96, 1243, 1134, 1402], "category": "Text", "text": "The Action will also contribute to the fulfilment of the EU Gender Action Plan 2021-2025 (GAP III)⁶, in particular to its thematic areas of engagement “Promoting economic and social rights and empowering girls and women” and “Addressing the challenges and harnessing the opportunities offered by the green transition and the digital transformation”. Likewise, it will contribute to the implementation of the EU Strategy on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities⁷, particularly on the commitment to supporting countries to improve accessibility of the environment and the EU’s Action Plan on Human Rights and Democracy 2020-2024⁸."}, {"bbox": [86, 1467, 403, 1491], "category": "Footnote", "text": "¹ COM(2020) 381 final of 20.05.2020"}, {"bbox": [86, 1492, 716, 1516], "category": "Footnote", "text": "² Second NDC of The Republic of The Gambia-16-12-2021.pdf (unfccc.int)"}, {"bbox": [86, 1516, 403, 1539], "category": "Footnote", "text": "³ COM(2020) 380 final of 20.05.2020"}, {"bbox": [86, 1540, 391, 1562], "category": "Footnote", "text": "⁴ COM(2021) 82 final of 24.02.2021"}, {"bbox": [86, 1563, 452, 1588], "category": "Footnote", "text": "⁵ Regulation (EU) 2023/1115 of 31.05.2023"}, {"bbox": [86, 1588, 390, 1611], "category": "Footnote", "text": "⁶ JOIN(2020) 17 final of 25.11.2020"}, {"bbox": [86, 1612, 401, 1635], "category": "Footnote", "text": "⁷ COM(2021) 101 final of 03.03.2021"}, {"bbox": [86, 1636, 380, 1659], "category": "Footnote", "text": "⁸ JOIN(2020) 5 final of 25.03.2020"}, {"bbox": [1038, 1682, 1144, 1706], "category": "Page-footer", "text": "Page 4 of 30"}]