Economic Development of Casamance Programme

Results achieved up to March 2017 include: the project has supported 9 142 operators (5 473 women) in the following achievements: (1) training of 2 916 operators 1 580 of whom are women enabling them to acquire better agricultural production practices and ensure the quality of their products; (2) production and distribution of 61 700 cashew plants representing a surface area equivalent to 285.7 hectares and 4 516 mango plants; (3) installation of 34 new processing and conditioning units restoration of three processing and conditioning units and construction of five storage units (total capacity of 120 tonnes) allowing increased access to production-related infrastructure and equipment; (4) distribution and startup of 3 171 hives with a population rate of 77%; (5) support for the installation and operation of three cooperatives bringing together 801 producers (72% of whom are women) to sell their products (honey cashews forest fruits); (6) 2 729 beneficiaries 1 581 of whom are women (58%) have had access to technological innovations allowing them to increase the productivity of their agricultural activities and to adapt to changing environmental conditions. These achievements made it possible to produce in 2016-2017 more than 29.23 tonnes of honey 17 tonnes of cashews 27 709 litres of liquid products and 6.4 tonnes of dried products (mangos and forest fruit) and to commercialize more than 11 tonnes of honey 4.7 tonnes of cashews nearly 39 227 litres of liquid products and approximately 8.6 tonnes of dried products (mangos and forest fruit). These achievements have also contributed to the creation of 3 043 jobs (1 826 held by women). These results have helped to improve socioeconomic conditions for producers in Casamance as well as the production and sales of their agricultural products. Results achieved as of March 2018 include: The project has supported 9 326 operators including 5 529 women (59%) through the following achievements: 1) training of