Senegalese agricultural researchers are beginning to harvest an experimental crop of local wheat, adapted to the country's climatic conditions, the latest stage in a project started several years ago to try to reduce dependence on imports. The Senegalese Institute for Agricultural Research (ISRA) is working on four varieties of wheat, three Egyptian and one developed in Senegal. It operates five demonstration plots in total -- two near Dakar and three in the Senegal River Valley -- and has tested hundreds of wheat varieties, Amadou Tidiane Sall, one of the researchers, tells AFP. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES