Strengthening resilience in Senegal through agricultural productivity and education

Resilience Analysis and Policies (RAP) team

Strengthening resilience in Senegal through agricultural productivity and education

Building resilience: A policy brief series No. 8

Year of publication 2017

Place of publication Rome, Italy ;

Pages 2p.

Author Resilience Analysis and Policies (RAP) team

Publisher FAO ;

Product type Policy brief

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Edition 1

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Synopsis (short abstract) Senegal is one of the poorest countries in the world but thanks to its political and social stability has experienced a higher economic growth compared to its neighboring countries. Senegalese population strongly relies on agriculture and livestock rearing activities: 46 percent of the workforce is employed in the agricultural sector, which accounts for 17.5 percent of national Gross Domestic Product. Recently, agricultural productivity is facing a significant slowdown, mainly due to climate sho cks, such as low rainfalls and droughts, lack of access to water irrigation and volatility of prices. FAO, together with the Agence Nationale de Statistique et de la Démographie (ANSD), conducted a study which aims at understanding resilience capacity and its determinants in Senegal.

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