Agriculture and Climate: Senegal Takes a New Turn with the Political Validation of the Climate-Smart Agriculture Investment Plan

In Senegal, the future of agriculture no longer depends solely on the whims of the climate: it is now embodied in a 180-page document—the Climate-Smart Agriculture Investment Plan (CSAIP). Developed by the Ministry of Agriculture, Food Sovereignty, and Livestock (MASAE) in collaboration with the Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT under the AICCRA project, the plan was politically validated in Diamniadio. Amid climate urgency, ambitions for food sovereignty and the search for green financing, stakeholders gathered on March 27, 2025, hailed this step as “historic.”