RÉSILIENCE

Strengthening Agricultural Insurance for Women in Casamance

Project Summary

Socodevi’s project Strengthening Agricultural Insurance for Women in Casamance (RÉSILIENCE) aims to strengthen the resilience of women farmers from the Casamance and Tambacounda regions of Senegal. Project activities focus on agricultural insurance training and capacity building, particularly in the context of climate change, with the goal of increasing the economic empowerment of women and their co-operatives.

Objectives

  • Improve the economic empowerment of women members in agricultural groups
  • Increase the economic resilience of women and their groups to climate challenges
  • Strengthen co-operatives’ capacity to reduce systemic barriers to women farmers’ economic autonomy in a climate change context
  • Improve the capacity of CNAAS, national financial institutions, and the Agricultural Bank to offer financial products and services adapted to women farmers

Results and impact

  • 221 organizations obtain legal recognition and gain access to climate-adapted services for more strategic management
  • CAD $5.5 million in loans granted to women, covered by agricultural insurance
  • 7,705 women trained in financial literacy
  • 199 primary co-operatives and regional financial service providers (FSPs) offer climate-smart services, including agricultural insurance, tailored to the needs of women members
  • 107,074 agricultural producers, including 33,233 women, are insured in the targeted regions and the central zone
  • 1,156,399 indirect beneficiaries of agricultural insurance, including 571,261 women

Testimonials

“Financial training taught me how to save. Thanks to that, I can pay for my children’s education and build a house that I can rent to generate extra income.”

  • Mariama Djamanka
    Member of the Kissal Patim co-operative, Kolda region

“The RÉSILIENCE project allowed us to reach many producers and organizations in the region. There were regular coordination meetings thanks to the project with our decentralized services. This helped facilitate information-sharing between technical departments. We are able to develop and make agricultural insurance more accessible.”

  • Birahim Mamadou BA
    Regional Directorate of Rural Development (DRDR), Tambacounda

Partners

  • Compagnie nationale d’assurance agricole du Sénégal (CNAAS)
  • OFAD-Nafoore

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