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FEATURE : Eat local rice? Senegalese still saying no thank you

AFP , DAKAR

“What remains is the battle to commercialize it,” Sindaye said. “Of the 5,000 tonnes produced by farmers we are tracking in the north, 2,400 tonnes remain unsold.”

The pro-government daily Le Soleil reported that the minister for food security wanted to set up special village stores to sell Senegalese rice exclusively.

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