The Government of Senegal, in partnership with the World Bank, has announced the launch of the AgriConnect Senegal Pact, a strategic initiative aimed at transforming agri-food systems and improving food security for millions of Senegalese people.
Aligned with the National Transformation Agenda Senegal 2050 and the Food Sovereignty Strategy (SSA 2025–2034), the AgriConnect Pact serves as a coordinated implementation framework bringing together the Government of Senegal and the World Bank Group — including the International Development Association (IDA), the International Finance Corporation (IFC), and the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA) — along with technical and financial partners, the private sector, and producer organizations.
The initiative focuses on three priority value chains: cereals, horticulture, and livestock. It is built around three main pillars: making strategic investments in agricultural infrastructure and services, reforming sectoral policies to improve the business environment, and encouraging greater private investment to stimulate innovation and competitiveness.
By 2029, the AgriConnect Pact aims to achieve over 90% national food security and create 800,000 formal jobs in the agricultural sector.
Among its key targets are increasing cereal coverage from 48% to 78%, raising rice self-sufficiency to 64%, and establishing 100 community-based agricultural cooperatives across the country.
Beyond its strategic orientation, this ambition represents a significant shift in the design, coordination, and implementation of national agricultural and food policies.
“AgriConnect is a model platform for structuring a pipeline of projects linked to the National Transformation Agenda. Through sector-based program contracts involving all stakeholders, it seeks to achieve the expected impacts of Senegal Vision 2050 — sovereign, fair, and prosperous,” said Ahmadou Al Aminou Lo, Minister of State to the President of the Republic, in charge of monitoring, steering, and evaluating the National Transformation Agenda Senegal 2050.
“The AgriConnect Pact aims to concretely transform the lives of our populations. These are families who will be better able to feed their children, producers whose incomes will increase and stabilize, and young people who will find jobs and build their future in a modern and profitable agriculture sector. This direct improvement in living conditions, both in our rural areas and our cities, will guide our implementation alongside the World Bank Group, our partners, and private sector stakeholders,” added Mabouba Diagne, Minister of Agriculture, Food Sovereignty, and Livestock.
