The Facts: 80% of Senegal's population engages in agriculture as its main source of income. However, only 45% of total consumption is produced by these millions of farmers. Problem.
Peace Corps has teamed up with USAID (the former being the field workers, the latter being the sugar daddy) to train various farmers in select zones of the country. My village has just introduced a new farmer into this program, which is a 4 year contract. The strategy is to train trainers; we train these farmers who are then responsible for teaching the rest of their communities.
So I'll be working hard to help get Mr. Samba Ly set up in hopes and faith that the next set of PCVs to follow can really help him continue his work. So wish us all luck. Its a big project, with lots of potential rewards, but lots of potential pitfalls as well.
Byron Yee
Peace Corps Volunteer - Senegal, 2009
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