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TechInAfrica – The Government of Senegal and the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) have undertaken a project to build an integrated agropole in the rural centers of the country. It will be built as one of the frameworks of the Program for Country Partnership (PCP) that targets to give support on the industrial component of “the country’s Plan Senegal Emergent.”
The project received the buy-in local stakeholders within the regions of Diourbel, Fatick, Kaffrine, and Kaolack who knew well about the additional value of implementing a modern agro-industrial development hub to alleviate networking within all value chain actors through partnership both vertically and horizontally so that it can establish business synergies and achieve common targets. While on doing the project, UNIDO will also share its finding of the pre-feasibility study.
The study consists of a macroeconomic overview and an analysis of the agro-industrial sector that enables a review and analysis of different priority value chains such as cereals, oilseeds and salt, livestock, leather and skins, fruit and vegetables, and fisheries. As for this matter, four regional task forces and a global task force were arranged to align subjects that are related to the agropole.
The Representative of UNIDO, Christophe Yvetot in Senegal said: “To be successful, the agropole needs a solid master plan and the full support of all local stakeholders. UNIDO will continue to fully support this initiative and will constitute a team of national and international experts to elaborate the master plan.”
The project was backed up by local authorities from different regions including Governors, the Mayors, the Department Officials and many administrative and technical services which are devoted to agricultural value chains.
