Leveraging science, technology and innovation to improve food self-sufficiency in the Gambia : technical report for the STI for SDGs roadmap

Science, Technology and Innovation (STI) for SDGs roadmaps are strategic policy frameworks that leverage STI to tackle localised sustainability challenges. They are supported by analyses based on different data sources and grounded in participatory and co-creation approaches that involve various stakeholders from the public and private sectors, NGOs, and academia. This report provides insights on gaps and opporuntities to leverage the Gambia's STI system to improve food self-sufficiency, which is a key sustainability challenge highlighted in policy documents, as well as by stakeholders. The analysis included in this report brings to design of the STI for SDGs roadmap, based on extensive inputs from official data sources on STI and food systems performance, as well as information collected from local and international stakeholders involved in initiatives relevant for food selfsufficiency and STI in the Gambia through workshops, a survey, and interviews.