Senegal

Key Achievements

Feed the Future activities have played a pivotal role in transforming Senegal’s rice sector. By adopting new technologies, including better seeds, 147,000 farmers increased their rice production. Support services, such as crop insurance, climate information services, improved certified seeds, contract farming, and new credit systems also contributed to growing the production of and market for rice. From 2014 to 2018, there was a 67 percent increase in household income and significant increases in rice, millet, and maize yields in areas reached by the Feed the Future Naatal Mbay program.

In the Northern Senegal River Valley, producer groups farmed nearly 38,000 hectares of rice, increasing their yields by 37 percent over the past year. Feed the Future facilitated access to $64 million in loans in 2018 for farmers, wholesalers, millers, and finance institutions, particularly in the rice industry. Feed the Future also supported new lease financing models along with the Government of Senegal’s efforts to expand the use of farm equipment for land preparation and harvesting. These efforts stabilized market prices, reduced loan defaults, and paved the way for further transformation and growth in the rice sector.

Source

These results reflect information from U.S. Agency for International Development, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Peace Corps, U.S. African Development Foundation, and U.S. Department of the Treasury (through the Global Agriculture and Food Security Program), reported into Feed the Future’s central monitoring system for fiscal year 2018 (FY18). For more information on the indicators above, please view the Feed the Future Indicator Handbook. All dollar amounts are listed in U.S. dollars.