PAPSEN SENEGAL, Support Programme to the National Agricultural Investment Plan in Senegal

The general objective of the Programme is to contribute to achieving the first Millennium Development Goal, eradicate extreme poverty and hunger, by increasing agricultural production and improving the incomes of rural populations, thereby increasing food security and the promotion of local economic development. The specific objective of the Programme is to increase the income of rural people who live in the interventions regions, by expanding and diversifying the agricultural production, through the spread of modern farming practices such as micro-irrigation, but also through the improvement of technical and entrepreneurial skills of the farmers involved.