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	Senegal > General information
FAO Representative: Mr. Amadou OUATTARA \| e-mail: FAO-SN@fao.org

Country codes

ISO3:	SEN	ISO2:	SN
UN:	686	GAUL:	217
UNDP:	SEN	FAOSTAT:	195

Key statistics

Country area: 19672 (1000 Ha)
Source: FAOSTAT. Official data, 2009.

Land area: 19253 (1000 Ha)
Source: FAOSTAT. Estimated, 2009.

Agricultural area: 9505 (1000 Ha)
Source: FAOSTAT. Estimated, 2009.

Population: 12434 (1000)
Source: FAOSTAT. Estimated, 2010.

GDP: 12822 (millions of US dollars)
Source: World Bank. Estimated, 2009.

Human development index: 0.411
Source: UNDP - HDRO. Calculated, 2010.

Global hunger index: 13.6
Source: IFPRI. Calculated, 2011.

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Thematic profiles and systems:

FAO Country briefs - Brief overview of country's people, agriculture and FAO's major in-country development activities.

FAO Projects in the country - from the Field Programme Management Information System (FPMIS). The content is coordinated by the Technical Cooperation Department of FAO.

Country Profiles and International Human Development Indicators - Human Development Report Office (HDRO) – United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)

Rural poverty country profiles - Produced by the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)

News:

24/01/2012 - Niger struggles to feed itself at the best of times – these are the worst of times [Source: World Food Program News]

28/12/2011 - Senegal Shopkeeper Finds A Reason To Stay Home [Source: World Food Program News]

02/12/2011 - Comprehension and risk elicitation in the field [Source: IFPRI News]

11/10/2011 - 21st Annual Martin J. Forman Memorial Lecture [Source: IFPRI News]

26/09/2011 - ?Swiss Re Policies Help Cholera Victims in Haiti, Poor Farmers in Africa [Source: World Food Program News]

21/09/2011 - Gender Equity and Development Report 2012 [Source: Gender and Agriculture news]

20/07/2011 - Private-Sector Agricultural Research and Innovation in Senegal [Source: IFPRI News]

20/07/2011 - Senegal [Source: IFPRI News]

08/07/2011 - Limited involvement of private sector in agricultural R&D and innovation in Senegal [Source: ASTI News]

FAO related information sources in the country:

Ministère de l'Environnement et de la Protection de la Nature

Land border countries:

Gambia | Guinea | Guinea-Bissau | Mali | Mauritania

Geographic and Economic groups:

Africa | Community of Sahel-Saharan States | Economic Community of West African States | West African Economic and Monetary Union | western Africa

Group members of Africa

Group members of Community of Sahel-Saharan States

Group members of Economic Community of West African States

Group members of West African Economic and Monetary Union

Group members of western Africa