Depending on their cattle breeds and husbandry methods, the income difference between Senegalese dairy farming families can be as high as eight-fold. Under the FoodAfrica programme, coordinated by Natural Resources Institute Finland (Luke), a unique yield monitoring programme was conducted,and is now being expanded to dairy farms in collaboration with a local counselling organisation.

FoodAfrica is a research and development Programme enhancing food security in West and East Africa. The objective of the Programme is to provide new knowledge and tools for researchers, decision makers and local farmers to improve local food security. The FoodAfrica Programme is implemented in six countries: Benin, Ghana, Cameroon, Kenya, Senegal, and Uganda.

Research in Senegal is coordinated by International Livestock Research Insitute (ILRI). Other partners include Institut Sénégalais de Recherche Agricole (ISRA), Ecole Inter Etats des Sciences et Médecine Vétérinaires de Dakar, Luke, and the University of Helsinki.