Senegal harvested plots of wheat this week to show that local production was possible in the country. Wheat is after rice the second most consumed cereal by Senegalese bread lovers.
Senegal, like other African countries, is entirely dependent on foreign supplies and imports 800,000 tons per year. Five demonstration plots are being exploited simultaneously on two sites in Dakar and three in the Senegal River Valley with these three so-called "soft" varieties for bread making, and one called "hard" for pasta.