Senegal's millet-groundnut and market gardening value chains face significant climate risks, including longer dry spells, reduced rainfall, rising temperatures, and water table depletion, threatening their resilience and productivity. The study identifies six priority agroecological techniques for the millet-groundnut value chain (adapted varieties, composting, assisted natural regeneration, cultural associations, conservation agriculture, and biopesticides) and three for the market gardening value chain (composting, living fences, and liquid biofertilizer). Composting is the only technique prioritized for both chains. Key findings include:
- Climate risks disproportionately affect groundnuts and market gardening crops (e.g., potatoes), reducing yields and increasing costs.
- Barriers to adopting agroecological practices include high financing costs, limited awareness of financial products, and restricted access to resources (e.g., livestock for composting, land for women).
- Opportunities for scaling up include promoting endogenous financing systems, improving seed access, and strengthening agroforestry (living fences in market gardening, assisted natural regeneration in millet-groundnut).
Recommendations focus on:
- Strengthening agricultural technologies: Promoting large-scale composting, disseminating climate-adapted seeds, and expanding agroforestry (living fences, assisted natural regeneration).
- Promoting financing: Adapting financing mechanisms to support initial investments and improving access for women.
- Strengthening policy and planning: Enhancing women's access to land, livestock, and financing; collaborating with research institutions to address knowledge gaps.
The SCALA programme will support these recommendations by identifying additional funding sources, training stakeholders, and establishing a monitoring system to assess climate action impacts.
