The executive strategy aims to reduce future cereal purchases by developing and supplying sufficient quantities of locally adapted wheat seeds for cultivation in the country. Isra has approved 8 varieties of wheat and is working on developing additional varieties. While waiting for their own certified seeds, imported seeds from Egypt have yielded positive results, with operators achieving yields of 6 tonnes per hectare. According to the National Agency for Statistics and Demography, Senegal imported 754,000 tonnes of wheat in 2021, costing $248 million.
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This initiative is part of an executive strategy which aims to reduce the bill dedicated to future cereal purchases. In order to achieve this, Isra plans the development and supply of sufficient quantities of wheat seeds adapted to local climatic conditions in order to allow the cultivation of the cereal in the country, moreover the institution has had 8 approved varieties of wheat and is also working on other varieties which are under development, also indicated Momar Talla Seck. “While waiting to have our own certified seeds, the process of which is underway, we are making seeds imported from Egypt available to operators. The latter were tested and gave ...
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