Kaffrine Region
Kaffrine's 22.8% cropland expansion leads Senegal's Groundnut Basin while agro-industrial zone investment targets local processing of 200,000+ tonne peanut harvests.
Kaffrine leads Senegal's agricultural expansion with 22.8% cropland increase over the past decade—the highest growth rate among Groundnut Basin regions. This expansion reflects both intensification pressure and available land that more densely settled regions lack, the agricultural frontier that mechanization and inputs extend into previously marginal territory.
Peanut production concentrated in Kaffrine, Kolda, Kaolack, and Fatick collectively contributed over 200,000 tonnes during the 2023/2024 campaign. The government's $46.6 million seed subsidy supported productivity gains that the temporary 2024/2025 export ban attempts to retain for domestic supply—the policy intervention that commodity dependence requires.
The agro-industrial zone development positions Kaffrine within the processing infrastructure that Vision 2050 prioritizes. Whether these investments generate local employment—or whether processing facilities function as enclaves that extract value without distributing it—tests whether agricultural industrialization serves the farmers whose production it depends upon.