With a population of 10.6 million inhabitants and a per capita GDP of US$710 in 2005, Senegal is a Sahelian low-income food-deficit country. It ranked 156th out of 177 countries in the United Nations Development Programme 2006 Human Development Index. Senegal country programme 10451.0 (2007–2011) was drawn up in conformity with the United Nations Development Assistance Framework (2007–2011) and was based on the new Poverty Reduction Strategic Paper (2006–2010).
The country programme will help to achieve the first seven of the Millennium Development Goals and corresponds to WFP’s Strategic Objectives 2, 3, 4 and 5. It also reflects WFP’s Enhanced Commitments to Women.
The present country programme, which was prepared in collaboration with the Government and other stakeholders, has three components to be implemented in the areas targeted by the vulnerability analysis and mapping survey:
The nutrition component corresponds to the needs set out in the national Nutrition Enhancement Programme (phase II, 2007–2011) which focuses on community-based activities. The education component conforms to the objectives of the Sahel Alliance, which aims to promote universal basic education through the introduction of an Essential Education Package. Lastly, the food crisis prevention component will help rural populations to reduce their vulnerability to food insecurity.
Central and local-level reinforcement of institutional capacity on the preparation and management of food aid and crisis-prevention will cross-cut the country programme to facilitate WFP’s progressive exit strategy. The total budget takes account of limited development resources and was fixed at US$20 million. This will cover the needs of 960,000 beneficiaries over five years.
