Ministry of Agriculture (Gambia)

	Ministry of Agriculture ; Ministry of Agriculture; - MoA -
Consist	since 1965
Arose from	Department of State for Agriculture
Headquarters	Banjul
Minister of Agriculture	Amie Fabureh
Website	http://www.moa.gov.gm/; (currently not available)

The Ministry of Agriculture ( MoA ), or Ministry of Agriculture for short, is a ministry of the government of the West African state of Gambia .

Location and description

The seat of the ministry is in the capital Banjul in The Quadrangle .

The Ministry of Agriculture is responsible for agriculture in the country.

Subordinate Organizations

Agricultural Input Office
Agricultural Communication Unit
Agricultural Pest Management Unit
Soil and Water Management Unit
Food and Nutrition Unit
Horticulture Section and Training, Monitoring and Evaluation Unit
Monitoring and Evaluation Unit
Lowland Agricultural Development Project
Rural Finance and Community Initiatives Project
National Agricultural Research Institute
Department of Livestock Services
Department of Fisheries
Department of Agricultural Services
Department of Water Resources
Department of Planning

history

A DoSA vehicle in Banjul (2007)

The origins of the Ministry of Agriculture go back to the Department of Agriculture (DoA), which was created in the British colony of Gambia in 1923 and primarily focused on improving the quantity and quality of the peanut harvest . With the independence of Gambia, responsibility was transferred to all agricultural products and the authority was renamed "Department of Agricultural Services".

When the Minister removed Kanja Sanneh from office on March 19, 2008 , the Department of Agriculture was temporarily subordinated to the Department of State for Fisheries, Water Resources.

Until mid-2009 the name was Gambia Department of State for Agriculture (DoSA) , also Department of Agricultural Services .

management

Agriculture Minister ( Minister of Agriculture ) has since 27 March 2019 Amie Fabureh .

Individual evidence

^ Gambia, Ministry of Agriculture (Banjul). In: accessgambia.com. Retrieved March 5, 2017 .
^ Dept of State for Agriculture, Gambia. In: agrigambia.gm. July 25, 2009, archived from the original on July 25, 2009 ; Retrieved March 5, 2017 .
^ The Gambia: Agriculture Services. In: statehouse.gm. October 2, 2010, archived from the original on October 2, 2010 ; Retrieved March 5, 2017 .
↑ Welcome to Freedom Newspaper Online. In: archive.org. November 22, 2009, archived from the original on November 22, 2009 ; accessed on March 1, 2017 .
^ Department of State for Fisheries, Water Resources and National Assembly Matters - Gambia. In: archive.org. September 6, 2008, archived from the original on September 6, 2008 ; accessed on March 1, 2017 .
^ Department of State for Foreign Affairs - Gambia. In: afdevinfo.com. May 20, 2012, archived from the original on May 20, 2012 ; Retrieved March 5, 2017 .

[accessgambia-1] Gambia, Ministry of Agriculture (Banjul). In: accessgambia.com. Retrieved March 5, 2017 .

[2] Dept of State for Agriculture, Gambia. In: agrigambia.gm. July 25, 2009, archived from the original on July 25, 2009 ; Retrieved March 5, 2017 .

[3] The Gambia: Agriculture Services. In: statehouse.gm. October 2, 2010, archived from the original on October 2, 2010 ; Retrieved March 5, 2017 .

[4] Welcome to Freedom Newspaper Online. In: archive.org. November 22, 2009, archived from the original on November 22, 2009 ; accessed on March 1, 2017 .

[5] Department of State for Fisheries, Water Resources and National Assembly Matters - Gambia. In: archive.org. September 6, 2008, archived from the original on September 6, 2008 ; accessed on March 1, 2017 .

[6] Department of State for Foreign Affairs - Gambia. In: afdevinfo.com. May 20, 2012, archived from the original on May 20, 2012 ; Retrieved March 5, 2017 .