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The Gambia Inclusive and Resilient Agricultural Value Chain Development Project (GIRAV) began in 2021. [18] GIRAV will provide $40 million to The Gambia via the International Development Association, housed within The World Bank. [18] GIRAV's main objective is to use grant matching to support agri-business and sustainable farming practices. [18]
The Jambur Solar Power Station (JSPS), is an operational 23 MW (31,000 hp) solar power plant in Gambia.The power station began commercial operations in March 2024. It is owned and was developed by the government of Gambia, with funding from the European Union, the European Investment Bank and the World Bank.
The power station is planned to sit on 225 hectares (556 acres) of land in the town of Soma, in Jarra West District, in the Lower River Division of Gambia. [1] Soma, Gambia is located south of the River Gambia, approximately 182 kilometres (113 mi), east of the capital city of Banjul. [3]
The World Bank began financing the Kenya Forest Service’s Natural Resources Management Project in 2007. It promised to cover $68.5 million of the project’s $78 million budget in an effort to help the KFS “improve the livelihoods of communities participating in the co-management of water and forests.”
The Gambia, officially the Republic of The Gambia, [8] [a] is a country in West Africa. Geographically, The Gambia is the smallest country in continental Africa; [ b ] it is surrounded by Senegal on all sides except for the western part, which is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean .
Welcome to WikiProject Gambia.This WikiProject covers all articles about people, places, things, and events, associated with the nation now known as The Gambia.This includes the nation in its current form since 1965, the colonial existence of the nation under the British from the 1880s onwards, and the pre-colonial history that took the form of several nations.
The project was recently recognised as an official community-based organisation in the Gambia, now referred to as the Njau Recycling and Income Generation Group (NRIGG). Today, Ceesay works with more than 11,000 people and NRIGG is based in four separate communities across The Gambia. [3] [6] [1]
Few dared question Gambia's former dictator, Yahya Jammeh, when he outlawed female genital mutilation (FGM) over a decade later, in 2015, saying it was not required by Islam, the country's majority