[{"bbox": [135, 93, 1135, 173], "category": "List-item", "text": "* Establish regular roundtables and other public-private dialogue spaces to catalyse the problem-solving capacities of key stakeholders in the Gambian horticultural sector, promoting the participation of community-based organizations."}, {"bbox": [135, 175, 1135, 229], "category": "List-item", "text": "* Support Gambia Investment and Export Promotion Agency (GIEPA) with commodity-based business opportunity cases to attract Diaspora investors"}, {"bbox": [103, 254, 204, 279], "category": "Section-header", "text": "### Output 1.3"}, {"bbox": [135, 283, 1135, 386], "category": "List-item", "text": "* Undertake an assessment of the capacity, educational outcomes and labour market linkages of existing horticultural training centres in The Gambia, with specific attention to gender barriers and needs, as well as identify the barriers in access to people from vulnerable backgrounds and plan measures to address those barriers."}, {"bbox": [135, 391, 1135, 466], "category": "List-item", "text": "* Support social and eco-entrepreneurship opportunities, with specific attention to gender aspects, in The Gambia's horticulture sector by scoping and linking international social business and impact investors to The Gambia."}, {"bbox": [135, 471, 968, 495], "category": "List-item", "text": "* Promote use of Farmer Field Schools/Farmer Business Schools for Value Chain actors."}, {"bbox": [135, 499, 1135, 553], "category": "List-item", "text": "* Establish partnerships with world-class academic institutions leading innovation in the horticulture sector (e.g. Wageningen in the Netherlands or other Agrinatura¹⁴ members)."}, {"bbox": [135, 555, 1135, 607], "category": "List-item", "text": "* Facilitate knowledge transfer/exchange between Gambian and West African public and private institutions in the horticulture sector through grants."}, {"bbox": [135, 609, 1135, 662], "category": "List-item", "text": "* Strengthen extension capacity using relevant approaches (Fee-for-service and Innovation Platforms) through Trainers of Trainers (ToT) with ICT-based smart tools and learning materials support)"}, {"bbox": [97, 689, 199, 714], "category": "Section-header", "text": "### Output 1.4"}, {"bbox": [135, 717, 1135, 796], "category": "List-item", "text": "* Design of a simple and small greenhouse technology for vegetable production adapted to the agro-environmental and socio-economic situation of The Gambia and interest of a Gambian manufacturer to build the greenhouse materials;"}, {"bbox": [135, 798, 1135, 850], "category": "List-item", "text": "* Promote potential financial opportunities and products to make small-scale irrigation and greenhouse technology more affordable in The Gambia."}, {"bbox": [135, 852, 1135, 984], "category": "List-item", "text": "* Support the testing, validation, and promotion of integrated pest management practices and technologies to improve crop protection, increase yields, and ensure compliance with SPS requirements for target markets. In critical problem areas affecting production and trade, collaborate to broker and support Plant Protection Products (PPPs) screening, efficacy and residue trial towards definition of local Good Agricultural Practices (GAPs) and local registration with particular focus on biopesticides."}, {"bbox": [135, 987, 1135, 1063], "category": "List-item", "text": "* Support the testing, validation, and promotion of integrated crop production practices and technologies with particular focus on soil health and diversification of crop system to strengthen environmental and livelihoods resilience."}, {"bbox": [135, 1067, 1135, 1120], "category": "List-item", "text": "* Realise pilot projects with lead companies to test and operate the proposed solutions to develop links between The Gambia and horticultural industry stakeholders in the EU and ECOWAS countries."}, {"bbox": [135, 1123, 1135, 1202], "category": "List-item", "text": "* Strengthen existing training centres, demonstration greenhouses and small-scale irrigation plots, and training-in-cascade to improve farmers' capacity for sustainable greenhouse production and value addition, ensuring outreach to vulnerable groups of people."}, {"bbox": [135, 1204, 922, 1229], "category": "List-item", "text": "* Identify and develop tools for digitalisation of selected Agricultural Value Chains"}, {"bbox": [135, 1232, 1135, 1285], "category": "List-item", "text": "* ToT of service provider on best practices (Good Agricultural, Storage, Manufacturing Practices) for selected VCs through digital tools"}, {"bbox": [135, 1287, 1135, 1339], "category": "List-item", "text": "* Promotion of Farmer Managed Seeds System, breeding, research and exchange as well as provision of climate-smart products (seeds, vines) and services (extension advise, early warning)."}, {"bbox": [135, 1342, 1135, 1419], "category": "List-item", "text": "* Promotion of conservation agriculture – upland conservation (contour bunds, gabions, planting pigeon pea on bunds), anti-saline intrusion structures (labour intensive – Cash for Work schemes to strengthen environmental and livelihoods resilience)"}, {"bbox": [135, 1423, 1135, 1475], "category": "List-item", "text": "* Promotion of community greening – community forest, agro-forestry and tree planting, and protection against infestations."}, {"bbox": [97, 1502, 199, 1527], "category": "Section-header", "text": "### Output 2.1"}, {"bbox": [135, 1530, 716, 1556], "category": "List-item", "text": "* Support implementation of FSQA strategy and action plans"}, {"bbox": [135, 1558, 1096, 1584], "category": "List-item", "text": "* Support the national certification body under the Gambia Bureau of Standards to expand certification"}, {"bbox": [86, 1636, 307, 1662], "category": "Footnote", "text": "¹⁴ https://agrinatura-eu.eu/"}, {"bbox": [1027, 1682, 1144, 1706], "category": "Page-footer", "text": "Page 12 of 30"}]