In Senegal, the agro-industrial processing zone project in Casamance is launched

The Agro-Industrial Processing Zone Project (PZTA-Sud), located in Casamance (Ziguinchor, Sédhiou and Kolda) was officially launched at the end of 2022 with the objective of developing the added value of agricultural products and agro-industry. The total cost of the project is FCFA 140 billion (€213 million) with financing notably from the African Development Bank (ADB), the Islamic Development Bank (IDB) and the Senegalese State. For the Minister in charge of Industrial Development and Small and Medium Industries, Moustapha Diop, the choice of Casamance is justified in view of the under-exploited agro-ecological potential: "Casamance alone provides 56% of the production national mango and 80% of national cashew production. Unfortunately, 30 to 45% of this production is lost after the harvest due, among other things, to the infrastructural, technological, logistical and financial deficit. This situation has a negative impact on the transformation rate of the selected priority ...