Africa-Press – Senegal. The project to support the sustainable increase in the income of agricultural producers in Kolda and Sédhiou (PADRAKS), financed to the tune of one billion CFA francs by Italian cooperation, was presented to the Sédhiou regional development committee.
His presentation took place on Wednesday during an information meeting chaired by the governor in charge of development, Oumar Galla Ndiaye.
« The regional development committee met to share information on the PADRAKS project set up by ANIDA [National Agency for Integration and Agricultural Development]. A program which aims to improve the incomes of agricultural producers by integrating poultry activities at the level of village or family farms set up by the agency in two communes, namely Sansamba and Diamalathiel,” explained the Director General of ANIDA, Amadou Hamath Touré.
The PADRAKS, recalled Mr. Touré, is “a pilot project which operates in two regions of natural Casamance – Sédhiou and Kolda – for a period of two years”.
“ANIDA has installed twenty-nine integrated farms in total, with 300 direct jobs created and other seasonal jobs at the regional level,” he said.
The CRD meeting brought together all the actors active around the farms for discussions on the project.
« This pilot project is an important capital for the population of Sédhiou », affirmed the assistant to the governor in charge of development. He recalled that « the Sédhiou region is full of enormous resources to be exploited to enable leading producers to diversify their agricultural activities ».
The National Agency for Integration and Agricultural Development (ANIDA) « aims to promote the development of modern, diversified agriculture, based on water control and provider of remunerative and sustainable jobs for young people » .
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