The Government of Senegal, in collaboration with the World Bank Group, has launched the AgriConnect Senegal Compact, a strategic initiative aimed at transforming the country’s agri-food systems and enhancing food security for millions of Senegalese. The program aligns with Senegal’s National Agenda for Transformation 2050 and the Food Sovereignty Strategy (SSA 2025–2034), creating a coordinated platform that mobilizes the government, World Bank institutions—including IDA, IFC, and MIGA—technical and financial partners, the private sector, and producer organizations.
AgriConnect focuses on three priority value chains: grains, horticulture, and livestock. Its implementation is structured around three axes: investing in agricultural infrastructure and services, revising sectoral policies to improve the business environment, and stimulating private investment to boost innovation and competitiveness. The Compact aims to achieve significant milestones by 2029, including over 90% national food security, the creation of 800,000 formal agricultural jobs, an increase in cereal coverage from 48% to 78%, rice self-sufficiency of 64%, and the establishment of 100 community-based agricultural cooperatives nationwide.
This initiative represents a major shift in the design, coordination, and execution of national agricultural and food policies. Minister Ahmadou Al Aminou Lo emphasized that AgriConnect provides a structured pipeline of projects linked to Senegal’s 2050 National Agenda for Transformation, prioritizing operational efficiency and results-based management to improve population well-being. Minister Mabouba Diagne highlighted the Compact’s direct impact on families, farmers, and youth, creating opportunities for sustainable incomes, modern agricultural practices, and employment.
The World Bank Group reaffirmed its commitment to supporting Senegal in achieving lasting results through coordinated action among IDA, IFC, and MIGA, catalyzing both public and private investments toward food sovereignty and job creation. Governance of the Compact is overseen by the Minister of State responsible for the 2050 Agenda, with operational execution managed by the Ministry of Agriculture, Food Sovereignty, and Livestock through a dedicated Delivery Unit, supported by a joint steering committee and the Technical Group of Partners.
The development of the AgriConnect Compact involved extensive consultation with international technical and financial partners, including IFAD, FAO, WFP, AFD, AfDB, IDB, JICA, GIZ, the Netherlands, MasterCard Foundation, and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, ensuring broad-based expertise and support for its successful implementation.
