Dakar, Senegal hosting the 4th ALL AFRICA HORTICULTURE CONGRESS - 2020

1. 3rd AAHC
Ibadan
August
2016
Dakar, Senegal
hosting the
4th ALL AFRICA
HORTICULTURE
CONGRESS - 2020

2. Country: Senegal, Capital city: Dakar
Geographical situation : West Africa
Population : 13 975 834
Working population engaged in agriculture:
72%

3. State of Horticulture in Senegal
 A sector in full expension
From 9,300 tons in 2000 to 67,000 in 2013 = +700 % (Source: DAPS, 2014)
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50,000
100,000
150,000
200,000
250,000
2001 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014
Evolution of the horticultural production
Onion Potato Industrial tomato Cherry tomato French bean Headed cabbage Okra Sweet Spud

4. Production systems and commodity chains
 Broad range of horticultural products: onion, industrial tomato, potato,
carrot, bissap, melon, fruit tree crops (mango, citrus, banana)
 Thousands of actors (producers, transporters,
traders, processors, manufacturers, exporters

5. A sector under modernization
Through research centers:
ISRA, ITA, CDH, FNRAA, UCAD,
UGB
Dynamic agro-food
industries
and an agricultural Education dedicated
to academics and entrepreneurship:
Cluster Horticulture, CFA, CFPH, ENSA,
ISAE, ISEP, UCAD, USSEIN

6. The organization carrying the initiave for the organization of the 4th
AAHC
The Cluster Horticulture
 Independent organization based on Public-Private Partnership
targeting the Development of Horticulture
 More than 15 organization members all along the horticultural
chain of value (State, private sector, research institutes,
producers organization, national agencies)
Few members of the Cluster Financial Partners

7. Infrastructures of the country

8. Recognized quality of hotels…

9. Experience of the country in hosting
international events
 World Education Forum - 2000
 Organization of Islamic Conference – 2008
 AfriCities Summit – 2012
 High level Conf. on Agriculture and Agro-industry –
AfDB 2015
 International Summit of the Francophonie - 2015
 African summit on the “Revitalization of Higher
education” – 2015
… and we hope de 4th AAHC

10. The Organizing Commitee
Pr Karamoko Diarra -
UCAD ISAE
Arona Niang – CT MAER
Moctar Fall – Chair of the Board of Directors,
Cluster Horticulture
Idaly Kamara – Coordinator of the
Cluster Horticulture
Dr Dienaba Sall Sy – ISRA
CDH
Pr Oumar Sock– ANSTS

11. See you in Dakar in 2020!
Bienvenue au Sénégal !