Impact Cluster: Horti Senegal

About this project

There is a potential to increase local vegetable production in the Niayes region in Senegal and to increase farmers' profitability, but smallholder farmers lack high-quality inputs and entrepreneurial skills and their agricultural practices are suboptimal, like using old seeds and using chemical fertilisers. Due to inefficient operation and predominantly traditional irrigation technology, 50-80% of the water that is pumped to the field is lost.Farming techniques such as heavy fertiliser use, unwise irrigation and leaving land fallow in the hot summer months, contribute to soil degradation and salinisation. This poses a significant threat to sustained productivity and climate resilience. The country has a relatively young population, with over 80% under the age of 35. Very few young job seekers have the required skills to be employed and they are not aware that farming could be an interesting business.This Impact Cluster HortiSenegal project aims to improve the vegetable production of safe and tasty vegetables for the Senegalese market by increasing the competences of young smallholder farmers in the Niayes region (Kirene and St. Louis) and reducing environmental impact. This is done through the upgrade of a Demonstration and Training Centre including greenhouse demonstrations, train-the-trainer programme for 30 lead farmers who will train 3,000 smallholder farmers together with the consortium partners at their demo plots. At the same time, the project is promoting farming as…

Published by

Netherlands Enterprise Agency · Government

Countries

Senegal

Sectors

Business development servicesAgricultural development

Focus

Trade development · Main focus

Funded by

Netherlands Enterprise Agency

Implemented by

The Salt Doctors B.V., Agroseed, VDS A'Campo B.V., Koppert B.V., Rijk Zwaan Production B.V.

Accountable

Netherlands Enterprise Agency

Published by Netherlands Enterprise Agency to the International Aid Transparency Initiative (IATI), last updated 15 Jul 2026 and imported automatically. IATI identifier: NL-KVK-27378529-PIC22SN01.

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