Nowadays, the food question is not only a challenge for the government but also for professional agricultural organizations, the private sector and citizens alike.
How has Senegal's agricultural policy responded so far to a continually varying food demand?
Among those were:
– strengthening the financing of investments in agriculture,
– the eradication of hunger in Africa by 2025,
– a 50% reduction of poverty by 2025 through inclusive agricultural growth and transformation,
– and strengthening the resilience of livelihoods and production systems to climate change/other risks.
Main features of such a policy could be:
Prioritization of food value chains: Based on rigorous analysis, the government should choose and invest heavily in food value chains.
The implementation of a vigorous food policy centred on our agroecological, socioeconomic and cultural potentials should generate tangible results in several areas:
As much as food policy requires multisectoral governance, it also challenges the world of research.
