3rd AAHCIbadan August

2016

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

Country: Senegal, Capital city: DakarGeographical situation : West AfricaPopulation : 13 975 834Working population engaged in agriculture: 72%

State of Horticulture in Senegal

A sector in full expensionFrom 9,300 tons in 2000 to 67,000 in 2013 = +700 % (Source:

DAPS, 2014)

2001 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 20140

50,000

100,000

150,000

200,000

250,000Evolution of the horticultural production

Onion Potato Industrial tomato Cherry tomatoFrench bean Headed cabbage Okra Sweet Spud

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

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 

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

Infrastructures of the country

Recognized quality of hotels…

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

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

See you in Dakar in 2020!Bienvenue au Sénégal !