Program of Acceleration of the Cadence of Senegalese Agriculture (PRACAS) and dynamics of Senegalese Agricultural spaces: Case of the Anambe Basin

• Main Authors: Issa MBALLO, Oumar SY
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Institut Agronomique et Vétérinaire Hassan II 2020-03-01
• Series: Revue Marocaine des Sciences Agronomiques et Vétérinaires
• Subjects: pracas; rural area dynamics; food insecurity; rice production; anambe bassin
• Online Access: https://agrimaroc.org/index.php/Actes_IAVH2/article/view/801
• ISSN: 2028-991X; 2550-4401

The PRACAS, which was designed as a part of the agricultural policy of the Emerging Senegal Plan (PSE) as the main tool for public policy planning in Senegal, was based on participatory and inclusive approach. It was initiated in 2014 by the Senegalese government with a view to increasing agricultural production and thus achieving national food self-sufficiency. This program has led to dynamics across the Anambe basin. The program, which is designed to implement annual irrigated dual crop, is a privileged area for this program to achieve food self-sufficiency, particularly in the upper Casamance. This study assesses the impacts of PRACAS on the agricultural environment of the Anambe basin. It is based on field surveys, interviews with resource persons (technicians, managers of hydraulics union and the economic interest group) but also an analysis of agricultural statistics collected from the agricultural and industrial development society of Senegal (SODAGRI). It is clear from this work that PRACAS, despite the persistence of food insecurity, has allowed the rehabilitation of the land area, the reception of agricultural equipment and the increase in areas and production of rice. These results prompted the State of Senegal to extend the SODAGRI intervention zone to the entire southern region of the country.