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herders affected by the drought of 1966-1973. The study
covers the Diourbel and Delta regions. In the Diourbel
region, innovative strategies among Wolof farmers include
livestock fattening as a commercial investment and a hedge
against lean times rather than a source of food, increased
permanent exodus of younger males for full-time, non-farm
employment in cities, seasonal exodus to the commercial
center of Touba, widespread consumption of groundnut seeds
and widespread selling and pawning of farm tools and equipment.
More dramatic adaptive strategies among Fulani
herders include movement into groundnut farming for the
first time, increased movement into occupational activities
(e.g. gum tree exploitation), increased marketing of milk
during transhumance and through non-traditional distribution
channels, and participation in the agricultural system as
advisors and assistants in the animal traction program of
SODEVA. In the Delta Region, farmers' adaptive strategies
comprise an accelerated rate of outmigration, increased
interest in vegetable gardening as a source of income,and
small irrigated perimeters. The Delta herders adopted irrigated
agriculture as supplementary production, and
exhibited a heightened interest in selling cattle products.
106. SODEVA. Premier Rapport du Suivi P.A. (Programme Agricole). Dakar:
SODEVA, 1976.
Presents the first results of a study analyzing the
effects of the agricultural program on farms in the groundnut
basin. The study involved 24,000 members of 150 cooperatives.
A second study has been undertaken covering 3000 cultivated
plots chosen from the same 150 cooperatives. Partial results
from both surveys have been reported in the following documents
issued by SODEVA: 2Eme Rapport du Suivi P.A. (1977). Reunion
d'harmonisation des M'thodes d'estimation de Surfaces et de
Production (1977): 3Eme Rapport du Suivi P.A. (1978); Typologie
des Exploitations Agricoles du Sine-Saloum (1978); Etude des
Rendements et des Revenus Moyens par l'exploitation pour le mil
et l'arachide-R6gion de Diourbel (1978); Etude des Rendements
et des Revenus Moyens par Exploitation pour le mil et l'arachide-
R6gion de Thies (1979).
107. Wanders, A.A. "International research projects on mechanization of
rice in Senegal." In: Rice Project Managers Meeting,
Monrovia, 4 February 1979. pp. 54-70; Monrovia: Warda,
January 1976 (FAO access No. 34561).
UNDP project meeting paper describes international research
program in the Senegal River Basin area. Focuses on small agricultural
mechanization with data on irrigated rice cultivation
practices, harvesting and threshing. Presents research results
and recommendations.