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This report presents field data from three large irrigation schemes in Mali, Senegal and Burkina Faso, which can help policymakers understand the project results and optimize public investment, both for the taxpayer and for the farmers themselves. I…
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The groundnut industry, like many other sectors of Senegalese agriculture, is confronted with serious constraints that severely limit its contribution to the national economy. These constraints are related to the irregularity of rainfall, the degra…
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The first results of the evaluation of the initiatives in the three (03) agroecological target zones, reveal innovative strategies and approaches that have improved the rights of women to land. Experiences demonstrating that there are not only chall…
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"The National Agricultural Investment Plan Senegal (NIPA) and its investment plan (IP) from 2011 to 2015 convey the operationalization at the national level, the common agricultural policy in West Africa (ECOWAP) and the Comprehensive Plan for Agric…
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"The ECOWAP/PDDAA, a result of the merger of agricultural policy-defining processes, has been implemented with the aim of assisting regional governments to stimulate agricultural productivity, particularly through well-defined investment plans. The …
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"In this article, we are interested in the diversification of activities in the broad sense, by showing that it occupies an increasingly important place in the income of rural households in the groundnut basin of Senegal. We have distinguished two t…
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"This study has shown that lower projected future rainfall regimes in Nioro du Rip Basin would adversely affect crop productivity. The use of base technology (i.e. current crop varieties) most often resulted in lower yield under future climate. The …
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"This study is part of the capacity building project of agricultural organizations in the field of agriculture, food and rural policy networks. This project is funded by the French Development Agency(AFD) and entrusted to Inter-networks, which ensur…
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"Senegal was particularly affected by the soaring of food prices in 2008. Currently it is now the country in Sub Saharan Africa that is most dependent for imports of rice, wheat and milk. After the independence of the country in 1960, the State has …
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"The increase in the productivity of agriculture is a major political issue for the development of Africa. With a strong population growth of over 2% per year, West Africa is facing growing food requirements. Although these past few decades have bee…
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"This document is based on two capitalization studies conducted in Senegal on the participation of producers’ organizations in land reform and economic partnership agreement negotiations. Based on these two experiences, it attempts to provide a few …
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"Jacques Faye was the rural sociologist and former Director of the Senegalese Agricultural Research Institute (Isra). In his opinion, dealing with environmental problems and predicting ongoing and increasing agricultural prices on the world markets,…
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"By taking a 1,000ha of land in each rural community, the Goana Plan may deprive the peasants. The latter statement, according to Jacques Faye, former Director of the Senegalese Agricultural Research Institute (Isra), will not be allowed. Revolt the…
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"The objective of this comparative program is to strengthen the debate on public policy by renewed thematic issues. Engaged in seven countries corresponding to different stages in the process of economic transition and where agriculture plays differ…
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This paper develops five case studies to illustrate the diversity of West African agriculture and the changes they undergo, or cause: The first three cases are centered on the department of Dagana Senegal. They show how, in a relatively small geogra…
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The primary purpose of these studies is mainly to document situations and realities to enable the implementation of public projects and development programs. But still, the inclusion of collective rights now become essential and a responsibility on …
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"In the early 2000s, in a context of growing food insecurity, African States committed themselves to increase their efforts for agriculture, aware of the importance of this sector in economic development, the fight against poverty and the improvemen…
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One cannot deny the existence of a land generalized malaise, born of a conflict of logic between modernized land rights (granted by the state) essentially of individual nature and traditional rights (often self granted by the farmer) essentially col…
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The purpose of this paper is to review the policy and legal framework related to pastoral activities, to define the stakes of the articulation between land governance and pastoralism, and to formulate recommendations to policymakers, in particular t…
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As part of the policy of economic liberalization, donors exerted strong pressure on the government of Senegal to reform the land policy. This pressure initially resulted in measures taken by the State to withdraw the SAED from the management of land…
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