Since the establishment of the FAO Representation in the Republic of the Gambia in 1979, FAO has provided vital support to the development of agriculture and natural resource sectors in the country. The Organization has implemented more than 120 projects, also facilitating policy formulation and the development of programmes and projects to improve production, productivity, food quality and national technical and institutional capacities. In 2014, the Gambia achieved the Millennium Development Goal 1(c) hunger target of halving the proportion of people who suffer from hunger in the country by 2015.