Africa-Press – Senegal. The Louga region will be entitled this year to a quota of 3,126 tons of groundnut seeds, of which 1,875.7 tons have already been planted, representing a planting rate of 60%, learned the APS of the Regional Directorate of Rural Development (DRDR) of Louga, Daouda Hann.
“This year, we have a quota of 3126 tons of groundnut seeds, but until today, 1875.7 tons have been put in place, an execution rate of 60 % « , did he declare.
He made this revelation at the end of a regional development committee (CRD) preparatory to the 2022-2023 agricultural campaign.
« For cowpea, we have a quota of 800 tons of seeds, and we are currently at a rate of establishment of 37%, as well as for corn and sesame ».
S’agissant de l’engrais, il a signalé « un léger retard de la réception de la notification. Mais, nous espérons que ce sera sous peu de temps », a-t-il indiqué.
Il a souligné que « l’État a fait beaucoup d’efforts cette année’’, rappelant qu’il a porté l’enveloppe allouée à la campagne agricole à 100 milliards de francs CFA.
« It is a great effort that the state has made to increase subsidies, because the price of peanuts has increased on the market, because the supplier price is 1200 FCFA », he explained.
Daouda Hann pointed out that “to allow producers to have easy access” to seeds, “the State gave a strong subsidy of almost 58%, to allow them to [buy them] at 250 FCFA”, he specified.
“These are arrangements that the State is making to allow producers to have access to inputs and agricultural equipment, because this updated policy which concerns food sovereignty has several levers, including the provision of agricultural equipment at subsidized prices and increased subsidies,” he explained.
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