EASTERN SENEGAL RURA

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The principal objective of the East Senegal Rural Development Project for Senegal is to raise the level of rural incomes in the project area through increases in production of cotton, cereals, and livestock products. This will be achieved through crop development activities, and by strengthening and support of existing rural development institutions, improvements in applied research, training of extension workers, and rehabilitation of essential rural infrastructure. The project's main quantifiable benefit would derive from expected incremental production of cotton, food crops and livestock products. Unquantifiable benefits would include better financial management of Cotton Development Agency (SODEFITEX), enhancement of its capability to plan and implement development activities, and social benefits from the research, maize-processing, village health, and water supply components.