Senegal

Since 2017, FAO has been providing technical and financial assistance to the Government of Senegal to expand the existing annual agricultural survey, namely the Enquete Agricole Annuelle (EAA).

A consensual roadmap was established to guide the implementation of the activities, in partnership with the Direction de l’Analyse, de la Prévision et des Statistiques Agricoles (DAPSA -Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Equipment), and in close collaboration with other national stakeholders, including the Prime Ministry and the Agence Nationale de la Statistique et de la Démographie (ANSD).

This collaborative effort, under the umbrella of the 50x2030 Initiative, has triggered the development of a systematic approach, ensuring the regular and efficient implementation of survey cycles, while improving the technical statistical capacity of the national staff. The programme supported DAPSA in the implementation of five cycles of the EAA, with the gradual introduction of all the rotating modules. Today, Senegal is the first and only country of the Initiative having implemented all the rotating modules of the AGRISurvey methodology.

FAO has been working with DAPSA on strengthening its agricultural statistics dissemination programme and thereby ensuring that data generated through the EAA are made available to the users in view of enabling research and supporting policy analysis, design and monitoring. This resulted in a series of statistical outputs available on-line to the public such as reports of the annual surveys, thematic statistical tables, and the cataloguing of EAA survey micro-data files on the national platforms. The release of these statistical outputs by DAPSA, which cover a wide range of essential agricultural data, provides policy makers in Senegal and national and international stakeholders with easy access to critical information for agriculture sector policy design and monitoring.

News

Senegal releases key agricultural statistics, with the publication of the 2022-2023 survey report.

15/01/2024

With FAO’s support, in the context of the 50x2030 Initiative, Senegal just released the key results from the implementation of the Annual Agricultural Survey (EAA) 2022-2023, the national sample survey providing statistics on household agricultural production.

50x2030 Supports Senegal on Fifth Annual Survey Cycle Microdata Release

29/03/2023

The Senegalese Ministry of Agriculture, Rural Equipment and Food Sovereignty (MAERSA) recently released microdata from the latest Annual Agricultural Survey (EAA) 2021-2022 with the support of the 50x2030 Initiative.

FAO and Senegal collaborate to improve access to agricultural statistics in the context of the 50x2030 initiative

17/03/2023

Microdata or unit-level data obtained from sample surveys, censuses, and administrative systems enable analysis at granular level and are essential to formulating projects and policies, targeting interventions as well as monitoring their impact. Recognizing the potential of this type of data, ...

Data from the latest agricultural survey allow Senegal to better calculate SDGs 2.3.1, 2.3.2 and 5.a.1

05/01/2023

On December 21st, the Directorate of Analysis, Forecasting and Agricultural Statistics (DAPSA) held a national workshop for presenting the main results from the Annual Agricultural Survey (EAA) 2021-2022.

FAO prompts the evidenced-based agricultural policy debate in Senegal

21/04/2022

Official statistics are essential for enabling evidence-based decision-making by government agencies, civil society, the private sector, and international organizations as well as for establishing accountability frameworks to which representative bodies are held. Yet, the production and dissemination of data alone are not enough to ensure these purposes are reached. This...

Publications

Use of AGRISurvey data for computing SDG’s and national indicators: Experience in three countries

05/2021

FAO's AGRISurvey programme supports countries in monitoring the targets set by the 2030 Development Agenda for the agricultural sector. In particular, the programme has provided support to Cambodia, Senegal and Uganda in monitoring the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) Indicators 2.3.1, 2.3.2, 2.4.1 and 5.a.1.

Initial achievements of FAO's AGRISurvey programme in Senegal

07/2019

Since 2017, FAO has been providing technical and financial assistance to the Government of Senegal to expand the Enquete Annuelle Agricole using the AGRISurvey methodology.

Start date: 2017

Status: Ongoing

Objective: Expand the existing annual agricultural survey: Enquete Agricole Annuelle (EAA)

Partners: Direction de l'Analyse, de la Prévision et des Statistiques Agricoles (DAPSA)

Several cycles of the annual survey have been successfully conducted: EAA 2017-2018, EAA 2018-2019 and EAA 2019-2020, EAA 2020-2021; EAA 2021-2022, EAA 2022-2023.
Expansion of the scope of the EAA to include household holding’s livestock and household-level production data. The country has integrated the non-household sector to capture the status of the agricultural sector in the country in a more comprehensive manner.
Senegal is the first and only country of the Initiative having implemented all the rotating modules of the AGRIS survey methodology.
The country has a data dissemination program now fully integrated in the survey activities.
Country stakeholders and partner agencies are equipped with the know-how to ensure the widest dissemination of the data, taking into account the needs of users of agricultural data.

From the national agricultural survey, Senegal was able to generate both national and subnational estimates for SDG indicator 2.3.1 (labour productivity of smallholders) and SDG indicator 2.3.2 (income of smallholders).

The data collected through the two latest EAA rounds also allowed the country to generate the SDG indicator 5.a.1. through its two sub-indicators 5.a.1(a) and 5.a.1 (b).

Agricultural integrated survey programme (AGRISurvey)