Senegal - Project to Mitigate the Impact of COVID-19 on Food Security in the Louga, Matam and Kaffrine Regions

The Food Security Support Project in the Louga, Matam and Kaffrine Regions (PASA/LMK), which started in 2014, has achieved appreciable results in economic, environmental and social terms at its various intervention sites thanks to the hydro-agricultural infrastructure set up in close collaboration with the beneficiary rural communities. The project has facilitated access to diversified agricultural and pastoral infrastructure (2,450 ha of lowland rice fields, 320 ha of modern agricultural farms, 18 pastoral boreholes, etc.), as well as to adapted technologies, services and training for about 18,628 small producers, women and young people, and their organisations. It has also raised the hopes of the population faced with the problems of climate change. The grant awarded by the Global Agriculture and Food Security Programme (GAFSP) aims to consolidate the gains of PASA/LMK by providing specific and targeted support to more than 20,128 farmers and stockbreeders, 1,500 of whom are specifically targeted by infrastructure rehabilitation and training activities that would enable them to cope with the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic and the recent negative fallout from the war in Ukraine. The project primarily contributes to climate adaptation results. As such, 50% of the total approved amount is attributed as climate finance, of which 2 million USD is dedicated to adaptation.