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In 1986 the government agencies involved in agricultural
production, marketing, and food distribution were SONADER, CSA,
and SONIMEX. Created in 1975, SONADER was a public agency under
the control of the Ministry of Rural Development. Its general
responsibilities focused on planning rural agricultural programs,
including building and operating irrigation projects, training
farmers in new techniques required for improved irrigation
cropping, and providing credit and such inputs as fertilizers and
pumping equipment. Organized in 1982 from two other agencies, CSA
became responsible for stabilizing grain prices, maintaining a
security food stock through market intervention, monitoring
production and food deficits, and distributing food aid. SONIMEX
began operations in 1966 as a government-controlled joint
venture. The company held a monopoly on the imports of basic
commodities (principally rice, tea, sugar, and tomato paste),
which it resold to private interests for the retail trade. The
private sector's role in cereal imports was legally restricted to
wheat and flour. Numerous private traders in the marketing chain,
however, were not covered (or were covered only partially) by CSA
and SONIMEX. There were no precise data on the extent of domestic
production marketed by private traders compared with CSA or on
the extent of the grain trade across the Senegal River that was
outside the control of SONIMEX.
Data as of June 1988
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