Senegal - Emergency program in favor of the rural world affected by the bad agricultural season 2011/2012

This intervention relates to the emergency programme for rural areas affected by the poor 2011/2012 agricultural season. It is intended to help people suffering from food insecurity as a result of the drought that affected agricultural production in the 2011-2012 season. The food crisis in Senegal is due to poor agricultural production following the late arrival and early cessation of the rains. This situation has weakened a vulnerable population estimated at nearly 740,000 people. The Bank is proposing to provide livestock feed and veterinary inputs to livestock farmers in the worst-affected agro-pastoral and sylvo-pastoral areas, and to provide market garden seeds, fertilisers, tools and equipment to impoverished women's groups engaged in off-season market gardening in the affected areas. The aim of these two actions is to provide urgent support for the recovery of vulnerable households affected by the poor 2011-2012 season, by: (i) the immediate provision of 260 tonnes of concentrated livestock feed and 9,130 deworming bottles to livestock farmers in pastoral areas; and (ii) the provision of 607 kilos of seeds, 16 tonnes of fertiliser and market gardening equipment for the off-season (7,020 tools, 30 fences, 10 irrigation kits comprising pipes, fittings, sheaths, water tanks, etc.). The operation has two (02) main components: (1) support for livestock feed and agricultural inputs and (2) management of the emergency operation.