Cereal Development / Wheat Project

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Agriculture

Development Program for Peanut, Oilseed, Horticultural, and Cereal Value Chains

Axis 1 : Competitive Economy

SO.1.1. Build a high-performing, sustainable and competitive agri-food sector, driving the economic and social transformation of the country

Funding (public et prive) :

618,000,000,000 FCFA

Project leader

Ministry of Agriculture, Food Sovereignty and Livestock

Project description

In 2023, the country imported 893,438 tons of wheat, representing a foreign exchange outflow of 187 billion FCFA. Wheat imports are carried out exclusively by millers, who transform it into flour. The project aims to initiate local wheat production in order to reduce dependence on imports and contribute to national food sovereignty.

Intervention zones

🇸🇳 9 région(s) d'intervention

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Funding (public et prive)

618,000,000,000 FCFA

Overall Objective:

Contribute to reducing wheat imports and reinforce national food sovereignty.

Specific Objectives:

Support the supervision and professionalization of wheat producer organizations.
Facilitate access to adapted financing for producer and processor organizations.

Expected results

Production costs are reduced, and the wheat value chain becomes sustainably competitive
National wheat needs are covered up to 40% by local production;
Producers’ incomes are improved
The national trade balance deficit is reduced.

Key milestones

2025

Maturation

Pilot phase

2026

2027

Scale-up

Scale-up

2028

2029

Evaluation, and capitalization