Climate change adaptation through agroecology in Senegal

Bottazzi, Patrick; Boillat, Sébastien; Marfurt, Franziska; Mbossé Seck, Sohkna (2021). Climate change adaptation through agroecology in Senegal In: Natarajan, Nithya; Parsons, Laurie (eds.) Climate Change in the Global Workplace (pp. 32-48). London: Routledge 10.4324/9780367822903

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In Sub-Saharan Africa, national and international organisations have recently multiplied efforts to support agroecology. As in the rest of the world, they present agroecology as an approach offering high potential to help farmers adapt to climate change while improving their labour conditions and autonomy. Four agroecological initiatives are scrutinised in northern Senegal from the perspective of their modes of production. While each of those initiatives considers farmworkers’ labour conditions a priority, vertical channels of labour control persist, maintaining farmworkers in a position of “technical demonstrators” rather than becoming agent of transformation. Recent attempts to upscale agroecology, assembling farmers’ organisations, advocacy NGOs and a network of mayors might offer new perspectives for agency.

Item Type:	Book Section (Book Chapter)
Division/Institute:	School of Agricultural, Forest and Food Sciences HAFL
Name:	Bottazzi, Patrick; Boillat, Sébastien0000-0002-8035-6335; Marfurt, Franziska; Mbossé Seck, Sohkna; Natarajan, Nithya and Parsons, Laurie
Subjects:	G Geography. Anthropology. Recreation > GF Human ecology. Anthropogeography S Agriculture > S Agriculture (General)
ISBN:	9780367822903
Publisher:	Routledge
Language:	English
Submitter:	Sébastien-Pierre Boillat
Date Deposited:	23 Jan 2024 15:02
Last Modified:	23 Jan 2024 15:02
Publisher DOI:	10.4324/9780367822903
ARBOR DOI:	10.24451/arbor.20888
URI:	https://arbor.bfh.ch/id/eprint/20888