Creating economic opportunities for youth and women along the food value chain in rural areas of Northern Senegal
Action Against Hunger : Project lead
Local organizations supervise the activities and support the women group in health garden activities (ADENA, Association pour le Développement de Namarela, and FAFD, Fédération des Associations du Fouta pour le Développement), and DBT (Dental Bamtaare Tooro) a local rural association that unites 20 agro-pastoral villages, which supervises the milk production activity.
Senegal is a lower-middle-income country with economy growth of +6% per year between 2014 and 2018. However, the country still has high gender and regional inequalities. Our project focuses on Northern Senegal, as it is also an area highly affected by climate change affects – with a very dry climate and increasingly frequent drought and flood cycles. This is why we enable women and youth to make an income through local job opportunities for women and youth in the dairy sector (using solar energies), and access to financial mechanisms, while also providing empowering activities to sustain long-term livelihoods with access to nutritious foods.
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Podor Department (current) with a focus on the Diéri which is an area of pastoral and rainfed agriculture. With UNITLIFE’s funding, project will be extended to Matam and Linguière.
Partner: Action Against Hunger
Africa