Senegal has a rainy season that lasts from July to October and a dry season that lasts from November to June. Senegal is a developing nation. Poverty is widespread in the country. However, economic conditions have improved gradually since independence. About three-fourths of Senegal's people work in agriculture.
Senegalese farmers raise millet, cassava, rice, vegetables, and other crops for their own use.
The farmers' main source of income comes from the sale of peanuts. Poultry and cotton are also important income-producing farm products. The processing of peanuts into peanut oil and oil cakes ranks as Senegal's chief industry. Other important industries include fishing, the processing of fish, flour milling, and the refining of petroleum imported from Algeria and Gabon. Phosphates from lime deposits are Senegal's chief mineral products.