Outcome SEN_D_2.1

By 2028, production systems, including food systems, are organized in such a way as to stimulate entrepreneurship, technological innovation and ensure decent employment for the most vulnerable populations, including young people, women, disabled people and migrants, in rural and peri-urban areas. (UNSDCF Outcome 1)

Given the enormous difficulties involved in providing medical care for women farmers, the 3R project launched an initiative to offer women farmers in the North and South the same health privileges as workers in the formal sector, but above all the opportunity to receive health care at a lower cost. This financing mechanism has enabled 7,000 women farmers and their families to benefit from health coverage for the first time. UN Women through PAF/AgriFeD has enabled the training of 50 women members of groups and cooperatives in the processing of fruit and vegetable products. To facilitate women's access to markets through digital technology, the Buy from Women platform was launched and deployed in the regions of Saint Louis Ziguinchor and Sédhiou. A series of training sessions were conducted and this enabled the training of 72 BfW relay women in the handling of the platform, in digital marketing and in financial education. With the ARD of Saint Louis and the Steering Committee of REFAN (Network of Women Farmers of the North), 15 groups with a high production of rice were chosen in order to start the sales phase at the platform level. In addition, avenues of collaboration for the institutional anchor are in the study phase and during the year 2025 will be transferred to the partner who will be in charge of the management of the platform.