Feed the Future works in the Senegal River Valley, Southern Forest Zone and Sine Saloum Delta.
Number of people living in Feed the Future target regions (ANSD, 2020 Estimates)
Annual GDP growth; agriculture accounts for 14.8 percent of added value (World Bank, 2019)
Percentage of population living in rural Senegal (World Bank, 2019)
Percentage of stunted children under the age of 5 living in Feed the Future target regions (FTF ZOI Survey, 2016)
Percentage of people living in poverty in Feed the Future target regions in 2016 (FTF ZOI Survey, 2016)
Producers using new technologies and practices with Feed the Future’s help in FY20
Annual agricultural sales generated by Senegalese farms and firms reached by Feed the Future in FY20
Children under 5 reached with nutrition help in FY20
In support of the government of Senegal’s investments in agriculture, Feed the Future programs work to integrate nutrition and agriculture to reduce poverty and combat malnutrition. These efforts also promote trade and market access, support small- and medium-sized agricultural businesses and enable communities to take charge of their own food security. Feed the Future integrates agriculture and nutrition investments to enhance cognitive and physical development, increase economic productivity, strengthen resilience and advance global development. For more information, please view the Nutrition Priority Countries.
In 2020, Feed the Future reached over 21,000 farmers to establish more than 9,500 gardens, 70 percent of which were micro-gardens that focused on the production of nutritious vegetables. Thirty-two percent of the farmers were young people between the ages of 15 and 29.
Feed the Future also increased its investment in technologies, like better seeds and irrigation, and trained local agro-businesses and entrepreneurs on business management.
Feed the Future piloted a new private sector finance mechanism that enabled private, commercial warehouses to use their produce as collateral to guarantee agricultural loans from local banks. This led to:
In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, which caused inter-city transport restrictions and the temporary closure of rural markets, Feed the Future played a pivotal role in strengthening economic resilience in Senegal’s horticulture sector through nutrition and horticulture commercialization efforts.
Feed the Future also continued investing in resilience efforts related to trade, energy, biodiversity and climate change, as well as water, sanitation and hygiene.
These results reflect information from the 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 2020 (FY20). For more information on the indicators above, please view the Feed the Future Indicator Handbook. All dollar amounts are listed in U.S. dollars.
Feed the Future supports the following programs, partnerships, and organizations in Senegal.
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“If the children grow up with good habits, they retain them for the rest of their lives… If you look at the children today, they don’t look the same. They are more lively, physically active, and alert.”
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