MAKE A DONATION SENEGAL Action in the south / Africa FAMILY FARMING IN SENEGAL In Senegal, 72% of the population lives from agriculture and the vast majority of this population is made up of small family farms. These farms receive very little state support for the development of their agricultural activities. The Fatick region in western Senegal is chronically food insecure and is unable to produce enough to ensure food self-sufficiency. This low agricultural productivity has reinforced Senegal’s dependence on food imports. Women are the most affected by poverty due to great gender inequalities and the low literacy rate of adult women (19%) compared to men (51%). THE WORK OF SOS FAIM IN SENEGAL Since the end of the 1980s, SOS Faim has been supporting family farming in Senegal in order to combat poverty and food insecurity in rural areas. This support consists mainly in structuring farmers’ organisations so that they can strengthen the services they provide for small family farms. KEY FIGURES 7 PARTNERS 6 FARMERS' ORGANISATIONS 1 RURAL FINANCE INSTITUTION 1 LOCAL NGO 35 000 BENEFICIARIES 873 K€ INVESTED OUR PARTNERS IN SENEGAL WHERE WE WORK Ecuador Bolivia Peru D.R.Congo Ethiopia Burkina Faso Mali Niger Senegal MAKE A DONATION ABOUT About Ethics Incident report ACTION IN THE SOUTH Bolivia Peru Ecuador Burkina Faso Niger Ethiopia Senegal Democratic Republic of Congo CONTACT US Contact us Avec le soutien de la Direction Générale de la Coopération belge au Développement (DGD). We use cookies to ensure that we give you the best experience on our website. If you continue to use this site we will assume that you are happy with it.Ok