Description

The project "Strengthening the Resilience of Women Producer Groups in Seven Localities in the Delta" (Renforcement de la résilience des groupements de femmes productrices dans sept localités du delta pour la sécurité alimentaire ) is an agricultural value chain development project for food security. The approach adopted in this project consists in articulating four (4) types of access: access to land, access to energy services, access to climate information, and access to markets. Thus, the project aims at increasing the agricultural productivity of women producers in the Senegal River delta through their access to good land, sustainable land management, and access to energy for agricultural value chain development, technical and managerial capacity building and dissemination of climate information. Initially planned for a period of two (2) years, 2016-2018, the project has been extended twice and is currently ongoing.

Major issue

Resilience and empowerment of women groups through sustainable land management 

Goals

Overall objective: To significantly increase the productivity of agricultural value chains in a sustainable manner. 

Specific objectives include: 

- Improving sustainable land management, 

- Ensuring energy self-sufficiency in agricultural value chains 

- Improving access to climate information for adaptation of the agricultural production cycle 

- Improving market access and marketing arrangements

Expected results

-  260 women's groups have access to land, 

- Women's capacities are strengthened in land management, rural entrepreneurship, land tenure procedures, and in various areas from production to marketing.

- The energy consumption of production and processing units is optimized, 

- An inclusive access mechanism to climate information is operational, 

- An appropriate system of marketing through group purchasing is put in place.