These are used for a variety of tasks, including ploughing, sowing, and weeding. However many of these tasks are still done by hand. The importance of fertilizers both manure and manufactured is well known and both are used. Farming in Senegal is not an easy occupation. There is a single rainy season between July and October during which time farming is concentrated.
Rainfall tends to be unreliable and serious droughts are a common occurence.
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