Integrated outgrower poultry project The project partners, Pas Reform B.V. and Emholding, will establish a high quality integrated poultry production facility with hatchery and slaughterhouse and will include an outgrower programme composing of 100 women groups for breeding broiler chicks. The project will produce 20,000 good quality, slaughtered and packed chickens per week. It will create 38 direct jobs and an extra income for hundreds of women through the outgrowers programme.Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)The project will employ 38 full-time employees. All of them will receive official labour contracts and good and safe working conditions.Initially 15 employees, or 39% of the total workforce, are expected to be female. For these women separate washing and praying facilities will be available.The women outgrower groups will receive contracts guaranteeing good prices and secured outlet for the grown broilers. Furthermore, outgrowers will not only be trained in the responsibly growing of chicks, but also in environmental issues, health and safety precautions and HIV/AIDS.Animal welfare is another important CSR aspect of the project. This aspect is interrelated with product quality. Outgrowers are required to establish broiler houses which are safe, covered, and will provide enough space for the broilers. The broiler houses will host a maximum of ten broilers per square meter, a number that equals standards for biological chickens in the Netherlands. Poultry slaughtering in the Gambia is still done manually and this project will be the first European standard slaughterhouse with humane treatment of the animals to EU standards in the Gambia. Furthermore, long-distance transportation of chicks will no longer be necessary.Impact•	Employment and working conditionsThe project will employ 38 full-time employees. All employees will receive training on health and safety at work. Safety equipment include safety clothing and steel gloves for the employees working in the slaughterhouse and warm clothing for those working in the refrigerated packing area. In addition all employees will receive training on the prevention of HIV/AIDS. All employees will receive continuous training on the job.•	Innovation / Transfer of knowledgeThe project envisages extensive training on technical management of hatchery and slaughter, and hundreds of female outgrowers will be trained in responsible broiler breeding. Knowledge that is rare in the Gambia. The Gambia can start to develop its poultry sector with a qualified labour force.•	Chain effectsThe entire Gambian poultry sector is expected to benefit from the project as it is can serve as an example for the production of high quality, integrated poultry production and reduces dependency on imports.•	EnvironmentIn general, poultry, which has a relatively high feed conversion rate, is an environmentally efficient source of animal protein. Considerably less agricultural land and water reserves are therefore needed for its production than for other sorts of meat. Also, poultry produces a lot less waste in the form of manure. More specifically, the project makes use of state of the art production equipment from renowned suppliers. The hatchery equipment in particular disposes over a highly efficient heat management system that reduces energy consumption to a minimum. Naturally, also the refrigeration areas will be very well isolated. For all operations, employees will receive environmental training to create awareness on efficiency, reducing resource consumption and limiting pollution and waste. For the collection of its waste the joint venture will sign a contract with a professional local company.•	Position of womenInitially 39% of the total workforce is expected to be female. Therefore, separate washing and praying facilities will be made available.The outgrower programme will have a very positive impact on women in a wide area around Farato. An estimated number of 100 women groups (with an average of 10 members) will be contracted by the project partners. The partners expect every female outgrower participating in the project to earn approximately 5 euro a week, even more than 1.5 times the official minimum wage in the Gambia. The project will thus give the female outgrowers the opportunity to generate a stable income, provide them with valuable knowledge, make them more independent and alleviate poverty in their families. To introduce integrated poultry production in the Gambia to produce and commercialise 20,000 broilers per week.