Contact Address:
Department of Agricultural Services
Banjul area
Atlantic Road (Boulevard)
Cape Point, Bakau
The Gambia, West Africa
Tel no: +220 4495420 / 4495377
Fax : +220 4494115
Branches:
National Agricultural Development Agency
Email:
bakary_sonko@yahoo.co.uk |
Information:
DAS is a branch of the Ministry of Agriculture. Its
function is to lend support services to mostly rural
village farmers via 25 centres spread out across The
Gambia. This takes the form of crop growing, pest control
and to communicate announcements to farmers and to co-ordinate
development agency aid work. The Department of Livestock
Services also assists livestock producers via around
100 specialists in 60 geographical areas.
It is made up of a number of divisions called units.
• Agricultural Pest Management • Agricultural
Input Office • Agricultural Mechanization
• Communication • Food and Nutrition
• Horticulture • Water and Soil Management
Directions:
Go north along the Atlantic Road, go past the roundabout
and it is opposite the Bakau Botanical Gardens.
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