Senegal Agriculture

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The Senegalese agriculture is dependent on rain. The sector is in progress due to the good weather conditions of these last years. Today, grain and cotton superside groundnut in the contribution to the GDP. It suffers from the development of unofficial markets which are more profitable for producers.

Farmland surface area:

The areas under cultivation include arable lands and those with permanent crops. They represent 2,266,000 hectares in Senegal.

Number of farms:

Crops

Crop	Yield (in Metric Tons)	Surface (in hectares)	Yield Hg/ Ha*
Groundnuts	828,324	822,848	10,067

Livestock

Species	Headcount
Ovine races	4,300,000
Goats	3,595,000

Number of tractors:

550,000

Irrigated land (surface area):

71,000 hectares.

Fishing yield in metric tons:

Shellfish, mollusks and cephalopods	Saltwater fish
27,560 Tm.	396,850 Tm.

Aquacultural yield in metric tons:

358,677 Tm.