Senegal Country Portfolio Overview: Country program established in 1986. USADF currently U.S. African Development Foundation Partner Organization: ACA (Association manages a portfolio of 18 projects. Total commitment is $2 million. Country Program Coordinator: Mamadou Ba Conseil pour l’Action) Villa No. 8333 Sacre Coeur 1 Ibrahima Yade, Executive Director Country Strategy: The program focuses on marginalized Dakar, Senegal Tel.: + 221 338 69 8100 community groups, particularly projects with value-adding Tel.: +221 33 825 93 80 Email:
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[email protected] processing in Senegal. Grantee Duration Value Summary Economic Interest Group (GIE) 2013-2017 $153,927 Sector: Agro-Processing (Millet and Corn) Takku Town/City: Yembeul, Dakar 2855-SEN Summary: The project funds will be used to improve the level of the group’s productivity through the building of a production center, increase working capital, and modernize equipment so that the entire group can work daily, meet its production targets, and more efficiently satisfy its orders. GIE Malal Yero Gueye 2013-2017 $182,048 Sector: Food Production (Rice) 2890-SEN Town/City: Richard-Toll, Saint-Louis region Summary: The project funds will be used to improve the level of productivity for GIE Malal Yero Gueye through the rehabilitation of existing land and procurement of a tractor that will help expand the area under production. They will also establish a revolving fund to also purchase paddy directly from out- grower producers, thereby increasing the production levels of the existing rice processing center. Federation of Community 2013-2017 $181,942 Sector: Food Storage (Cereal Bank) Development Associations Town/City: Battal, Diama Thiendou, Keur Mory Ndiaye, Gad Dior, and Darou Nguer, Thies region (Fédération des Associations de Summary: The project funds will be used to construct cereal banks, stock their production, improve Développement Communautaire marketing options, reduce speculation on grains, improved post-harvest losses and improve food (FADEC/SUD) security.