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Maclean et al. - 2002 - Rice almanac source book for the most important e

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SENEGAL is a West African country facing <strong>the</strong> Atlantic. It surrounds The Gambia and is<br />

bordered by Mauritania, M<strong>al</strong>i, Guinea, and Guinea Bissau, with an area of 197,000 km 2 . The<br />

country has mainly low plains, with foothills in <strong>the</strong> east. Twelve percent of <strong>the</strong> land is arable;<br />

60% of <strong>the</strong> work<strong>for</strong>ce in <strong>the</strong> population of 9.2 million (1999) is engaged in agriculture, which<br />

makes up 19% of <strong>the</strong> GDP.<br />

Gener<strong>al</strong> in<strong>for</strong>mation<br />

• GNI per capita PPP$, 2000: 1,480<br />

• Intern<strong>al</strong> renewable water re<strong>source</strong>s: 26.2<br />

km 3<br />

• Incoming water flow: 13 km 3<br />

• Main food consumed: rice, mill<strong>et</strong> and<br />

sorghum, oil and fat, wheat, sugar and honey<br />

• <strong>Rice</strong> consumption, 1999: 71.2 kg milled rice<br />

per person per year<br />

Production constraints<br />

There are sever<strong>al</strong> constraints to sustainable rice<br />

production in Seneg<strong>al</strong>:<br />

• Heat-induced sterility at <strong>the</strong> end of <strong>the</strong> offseason<br />

in irrigated areas<br />

• Cold-induced sterility in December<br />

• Shortage of water in <strong>the</strong> dry season<br />

• Poor maintenance of irrigation facilities<br />

• Cheap, low-qu<strong>al</strong>ity rice imports<br />

• Inadequate and irregular input supplies:<br />

seeds, fertilizer, and credit<br />

• Lack of sm<strong>al</strong>l farm equipment, especi<strong>al</strong>ly<br />

<strong>for</strong> postharvest operations<br />

• Comp<strong>et</strong>ition <strong>for</strong> labor by o<strong>the</strong>r production<br />

activities<br />

• Lack of a well-implemented rice policy<br />

• Weak research and extension support<br />

• Acid sulfate soils in <strong>the</strong> south (Casamance)<br />

• Periodic drought, affecting rainfed lowlands<br />

and uplands<br />

Production season<br />

Planting Harvesting<br />

Main season Jun-Jul Oct-Dec<br />

Off-season Feb-Mar Jun-Jul<br />

216 <strong>Rice</strong> <strong>al</strong>manac

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