About GLMA

Being a standard livestock marketing body within the sub-region through quality-focused commercialization and marketing and full Gambian participation in livestock marketing.

Being committed to professionalism, excellent quality service delivery, fair trade and pricing, mutual understanding, development-orientated and adherence to internationally accepted standards and procedures for commercialized livestock marketing with effectiveness and efficiency, geared towards sustainability and full Gambian participation in the marketing of livestock.

The GLMA has a Governing Board, headed by a chairman. The Board gives general directions as to the management of the property, operation and funds of the Agency and other matters relating to the Agency.

The Agency is headed by a Director General, assisted by a Deputy Director General and Director of Finance and Administration, and other unit heads such as Marketing and M&E.

1. Regulate, Promote and facilitate livestock trade through registration/licensing of actors in the livestock marketing chain, staging of livestock shows and sales, training of actors and development of livestock marketing facilities (slaughter facilities, markets and butcher shops)
2. Stage regional and national livestock shows to enable value chain actors to showcase achievements
3. Collect and manage cattle tax.
4. Organize livestock value chain actors into functional bodies.
5. Promote the production and utilization of indigenous livestock breeds and their products through commercialization and marketing, as envisaged in the National Strategy and Action Plan for the Management of Animal Genetic Resources (NSAP).
6. Collection of weekly/Lumo livestock marketed data from across the country (twenty-five livestock markets)
7. Promote Public-Private-Partnership and link stakeholders to micro- finance institutions.
8. Manage a Livestock Market Information System –LMIS.