11 January 2023

The absence of adequate infrastructure, the lack of access to quality seeds and fertilisers, the poor soil quality and the adverse weather conditions burden the agricultural sector, curtailing its potential and its ability to meet the food requirements of the country’s growing population (CIAT and BFS/USAID 2016). [...] The youth in Matam and Tamacounda is extremely vulnerable, especially considering that, with the highest rates in the country, 63,4 and 55,8% of the young people between 15 and 35 years of age are not in the education system nor employed (ANSD and AFRISTAT. [...] Livelihood and food insecurity in Dakar Climate impacts on fish stocks as well as the devastating effect of floods may exacerbate existing socioeconomic vulnerabilities (unemployment, poverty and food insecurity) and contribute to the livelihood insecurity of people living in the suburbs of Dakar, especially affecting the youth, who may become more vulnerable to radicalisation and increase the pro. [...] A study from the Timbuktu Institute in the suburbs of Dakar found that the lack of employment opportunities and poverty are considered the two main drivers of the enlistment of the Senegalese youth in radical Islamist groups (Sambe et al. [...] Climate impacts can further impact the availability of fish stocks and exacerbate existing conflicts and tensions over the access and use of resources between and among different users such gold miners and fishers seen in Tambacounda and Kédougou as well as between artisanal and industrial fishermen (Mbaye et al.