These boys will benefit from the extra income that their families will receive through cashew farming

A geographic anomaly, The Gambia is a sliver of an Anglophone country that nearly slices Francophone Senegal in two. Less than 48 kilometers wide, Africa’s smallest country follows the contours of the Gambia River and most of the 1.7 million people make their living through subsistence agriculture.

IRD’s program in The Gambia is expanding opportunities for cashew farmers to improve production and sales.


Programs
Food For Progress: Cashew Production In West Africa

• Contact
  Jo Ann Yeager Sallah
• Country Director
  E-mail: jsallah@ird-dc.org
  

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