International Development Grant
Strengthening Food Security in the Niayes and Casamance Regions
Project Number: CA-3-A035236001
Status: Closed
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Maximum Contribution: $5,373,627.00
Start Date: March 16, 2011
End Date: July 31, 2013
Duration: 2.4 years
Project Description
The purpose of this project is to improve food security or access to safe nutritious and sufficient food for communities by supporting market garden production in Les Niayes and rice production in Casamance (in the Anambé River watershed). More specifically the project aims to: (i) build the technical capacities (production processing marketing) and organizational capacities of producers both women 1and men; (ii) build production capacity especially by making inputs available and developing infrastructures; and (iii) further develop products through better knowledge of the market and by making processing packaging and transportation equipment available.
Progress & Results Achieved
Results achieved as of the end of the project (July 2013) include: (1) 1 769 people (941 women) were trained on the integrated management of production and pests (GIDP); (2) 1 344 tonnes of fertilizer and 28 tonnes of seed were distributed for horticultural and rice production; (3) four market garden areas in Niayes were rehabilitated for a total area of five hectares; (4) three tractors and two rice hullers were rented by 3 866 people (1 598 women) to improve horticultural and rice production; and (5) storage infrastructure for 150 tonnes of onions was constructed as well as a conditioning unit for 50 tonnes of tomatoes to improve marketing conditions for horticultural products. These results helped strengthen food security for 2 432 people (1 284 women) in the targeted regions.
Key Information
Executing Agency:
FAO - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Reporting Organization:
Global Affairs Canada
Program:
WGM Africa
Last Modified:
September 19, 2025
Development Classifications
DAC Sector:
Aid Type: Contributions to specific-purpose programmes and funds managed by implementing partners
Collaboration: Bilateral
Finance Type: Aid grant excluding debt reorganisation
Selection Mechanism:
Pre-APP