NATIONAL RICE DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY

1. REPUBLIC OF SENEGAL Un Peuple- Un But- Une Foi ---------------- MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND FISH FARMING NATIONAL RICE DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY 2nd GM CARD_TOKYO MAY 2009

2. NATIONAL RICE DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY Summary Background and justifications Relatedpolicies DevelopmentPartners Production projection Strategies for Sub-sectors Local Governance

3.  Only 4 to 7% of world production are subject to international trade;  Dependance up to 75% of our imports from one country (Thailand)… BACKGROUND A/ Precarioussness of the supply… B/ Imports increasingly important... •  Apparent consumption of rice in Senegal : 800 000 T in 2007, covered up to 20% by national production; •  Rice imports of Senegal: 728 000 T in 2008, and projected production of 765 000 T by the year 2010

4. Types of actors: • The structures of agricultural and foodresearches • The intrants, agricultural equipment and services suppliers • The fundinginstitutions(the CNCAS and the SFD)  • The paddy producers and the processors (ricemillsoperators) • The white rice traders • Land management: Law on the National Domain; Irrigated area charter (CDI) • Researchachievement:plant materialwithhighyieldpotential, technical routes (sequences) orientedtowards an intensive cropping, management and preservation of soilfertility, enhancement of food agricultural product by the FTI (Food Technology Institute). BACKGROUND (continued)

5. Developmentpartners on rice

6. 364 000T of white rice in 2008 623 097 T of white rice in 2010 1 000 000 T of white rice in 2012 Production Expectations … 2008 Production: 516 000 T of paddy, or 96,5 % of projections Covering 40 % of the country’s domestic needs. AUTOSUFFICIENCY

7. Specific strategies for each area or type of rice have been developed and applied to the following components: • Land fittings ; • Equipment with irrigation tools ; • Financing of the production, production, post-harvest and marketing equipment . sub-sectorsstrategies Landfittings and land use in irrigated area • - Recover the abandoned 22 000 ha in the Senegal River Valley • - Repair the 4 200 ha in the Basin of the Anambé ; • - Ensure a cropping intensity of 1.5 • - Continue the landfittings

8. Fight against salinity and the silting up of the Bas-fonds; • Strengthening supervision ; • Introduction of adapted varieties ; • Development and protection of land ; • Appropriate funding mechanisms (micro credit); Strategies (continued) Marketing • Creating private professional organizations responsible for the marketing of produce; • Establishment of a marketing fund ; Strategies for the rainfedricecropping

9. Improving the processing Equipment for rice mills for sorting, grading and whitening in the context of a quality label ; Creation of new rice mills in areas where needed ; Strategies (continued) Agricultural machineryequipment • Developing the use of the thresher ASI • Promotion of the intermediatemotorization of • the harvest: enginepoweredmowers (ISA); • Rehabilitation and increase of the existing fleet of tractors; • Acquiresupplementary irrigation Equipment

10. Nrdsgovernance • Focusing on principles of consultation, accountability and evaluation • Promote partnership with all groups of industry players: producers, processors, traders, agricultural service providers, government agencies and private farm advisory, research, equipment of the rural world, communication professionals. • Institutionalize a framework for dialogue and exchanges to ensure monitoring, evaluation of the implementation of PNAR.

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