Senegal's smart phone farmers - a podcast by FAO

Target Zero Hunger - Stories from the field

The UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) is rolling out digital innovation technologies in the form of SMS text messages and smart phone applications across the African continent, starting in Senegal and Rwanda.

In this pilot episode of FAO's new Stories From The Field Podcast, we head to Tambacounda, 450 kilometers south-east of Dakar, in Senegal to find out how digital tools are helping to modernize the country’s agriculture sector and boost farmers' livelihoods.

Report: Emmanuelle Landais, Senegal
Editor: Charlotta Lomas, FAO

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