Indonesia and Senegal launched a series of collaborative training on agricultural mechanization and rice management to achieve food security in Senegal
The project serves as a forum for Indonesia to share its success in becoming self-sufficient in rice.
Senegal’s economy is largely supported by the agricultural sector and the livelihood of more than 60% of its people is farming.
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