Programme for Land Use and Economic Development of the Niayes Region

Results achieved as of March 2018 include: The project has directly supported 20 593 producers 5 535 (27%) of whom are women notably through the following: 1) the installation of 136 modern irrigation systems as a result of the funding of productive sub-projects; 2) the training of 3 420 producers 1 032 (30%) of whom are women on a number of topics such as agroforestry techniques irrigation system maintenance and servicing and financial literacy; 3) 13 market analyses 14 horticultural production technical manuals and 4 specifications (carrots onions cabbage and potatoes) have been developed and distributed; 4) productive sub-projects have generated 600 025 945 CFA francs (the currency of West Africa) ($1 395 410 CAD) in business in 2017–2018 for all sectors which is 20% more than the year before and 59% more as compared with the beneficiaries’ situation before the productive sub-project; 5) great progress was made in the potato sector between the 2016-2017 and 2017-2018 crop years with production increasing from 735 tonnes with a market value of 130 906 240 CFA francs ($304 435 CAD) to 1 043 tonnes with a market value of $231 095 610 CFA francs ($537 435 CAD) an increase of 42%; 6) the annual average net income per horticultural producer increased by 82% for women and 81% for men as compared with the beneficiaries’ situation before the project and far surpassed the annual and end-of-project target of 25%. The average annual income increased to 1 603 039 CFA francs ($3 730 CAD) as compared with 881 256 CFA francs ($2 050 CAD) for the reference period. Those achievements contributed to improving the production and marketing of horticultural products in the Niayes region.