Feed the Future Multi-Year Strategy, Senegal, Public

The Department of Commerce is playing an important role as well in promoting the export of used and
new agricultural U.S. equipment and technologies. The Foreign Commercial Section works to
strengthen the American Chamber of Commerce's role in advocating for a better business and
investment environment and helps match U.S. and Senegalese agricultural firms. The Department of
Defense (DOD), through its Africa Partnership Station, promotes maritime domain awareness through
the protection of fisheries. The DOD through the Vermont National Guard State Partnership Program
also targets increased commercial and technical ties with Vermont companies and universities, especially
in the fields of agriculture and energy. Both Departments' focus enhances USAID's priority agriculture
and poverty reduction goals.
4. CORE INVESTMENT AREAS
The donor community has agreed to align programming around the government’s CIP and will use it as
the focal point for donor coordination. In order to ensure successful implementation, the government
is working closely with donors, the private sector, civil society and ECOWAS to address outstanding
CIP challenges. USAID is leading key donor groups, thus using the knowledge and feedback of this
network. USAID/Senegal carefully researched and identified five core areas, or IRs, to sustainably
reduce poverty and hunger, improve equitable growth in the agricultural sector, and improve the
nutritional status of the Senegalese people.
The core investment areas are outlined in the following sections. Through these investments, over the
next five years:
An estimated 445,000 vulnerable Senegalese women, children, and family members – mostly
smallholder farmers – will receive targeted assistance to escape hunger and poverty.
Approximately 188,000 children will be reached with services to improve their nutrition and
prevent stunting and child mortality.
Significant numbers of additional rural populations will achieve improved income and nutritional
status from strategic policy and institutional reforms.
4.1 CORE INVESTMENT AREA 1: INCREASED AGRICULTURE PRODUCTIVITY
AND MARKET LINKAGES
There will be increased agriculture productivity and market linkages through a focus on rice and maize
value chains. Millet and fisheries will be addressed as a secondary priority as they are also closely related
to food security. Other donors take the lead in these sectors; however USAID has a critically
important role to assume. The focus could conceivably change over time as objectives are achieved and
they sustainably contribute to the Senegalese economy. Farmer beneficiaries adapt quickly to changing
market conditions through sound business decision-making and, thus, lead our own decisions for future
investments. USAID/Senegal will closely monitor the socio-economic impact of activities and the
adoption of land-use management systems. On a yearly basis the Mission will assess and decide if the
interventions in the chosen value chains maximize benefits for private sector entrepreneurs.
Rice represents 54 percent of the total cereal consumed in urban Senegal and 34 percent of cereal
consumed in rural Senegal (UCAD/ISE, 2003 6 ; Baris, 2009 7 ). Senegal is one of the largest consumers of
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Evaluation integree des impacts de la liberalization du commerce dur la filiere riz au Senegal.
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