Special Program for Food Security: Senegal
Project / Program Summary

I. Basic Data

Sector(s): Agriculture/Livestock/Fishery
Title: Special Programme for Food Security, project GCP/SEN/049/ITA
Donoro country/Organization: Italy
Other donors/Organizations involved: France
Beneficiary countries / regions: Senegal River Valley and Basse Casamanace region
Implementing agencies in beneficiary countries / regions: FAO
Duration:
Starting Date: 1995 (SPFS); 1997 (project)
Project / Program budget: US$1.500.000 (Italy); US&50.000 (France)
Finance/Type of Cooperation: grant / technical co-operation / loan

II. Project / program description

  1. Objectives
    To assist the Government of Senegal in rapidly increasing its agricultural production to contribute to the reduction of food insecurity.
  2. Activities / contents
    • Improved Water control combined with better varieties, simple chemical amendments and improved cultural practices in food production.
    • Small animals husbandry, artisanal fisheries and bee-keeping, post-harvest processing.
  3. Expected outcomes / impacts
    • Increase of performance in food production.
    • Net income increase for farmers.
  4. Features in line with the Agenda for Action:
    • National ownership.
    • Contribution to achieving the broad objectives of the World Food Summit Plan of Action.
    • Promotion of South-South Cooperation.
    • Grass-roots participation in the formulation process and full involvement of farmers' organizations in the implementation process.

III. Contact point:

Mr. A.Q. Kobakiwal, Chief, SPFS Coordination and Monitoring Unit (TCOS), FAO, Rome, Italy.
Unit for Cooperation with Multilateral agencies, Technical Cooperation Department (TCDM), FAO Rome

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