Which resilience for agricultural spaces under the “pressure” of environmental changes in Ziguinchor, Senegal?
Quelle résilience des espaces agricoles sous « pression » des changements environnementaux à Ziguinchor (Sénégal) ?
Résumé
In Ziguinchor (southern Senegal), agriculture practiced in urban farming areas is threatened by the effects of environmental change and demographic dynamics. However, this agriculture, as a strategic component of food resilience and socio-ecological transition, is attracting growing interest. This article uses observations and quantitative and qualitative surveys to study food resilience and the socio-ecological transition in order to highlight the political issues at stake in the face of environmental crises (pollution, salinity, acidification) in the city of Ziguinchor. The results reveal a weakening, or even degradation, of agricultural and natural spaces, reflecting a vulnerability linked in part to their appropriation by the city, and to the impoverishment of ecological systems. Secondly, specific nourishing, resilient and liveable spaces are endowed with a cultural or worship value that encourages their preservation. Finally, we can speak of an ecologisation of agricultural practices which induce a "rebound" or rather rebounds not really taken in charge by local authorities for the moment.
ABSTRACT – In Ziguinchor (southern Senegal), agriculture practiced in urban
farming areas is threatened by the effects of environmental change and demographic
dynamics. However, this agriculture, as a strategic component of food resilience and
socio-ecological transition, is attracting growing interest. This article uses
observations and quantitative and qualitative surveys to study food resilience and
the socio-ecological transition in order to highlight the political issues at stake in
the face of environmental crises (pollution, salinity, acidification) in the city of
Ziguinchor. The results reveal a weakening, or even degradation, of agricultural
and natural spaces, reflecting a vulnerability linked in part to their appropriation
by the city, and to the impoverishment of ecological systems. Secondly, specific
nourishing, resilient and liveable spaces are endowed with a cultural or worship
value that encourages their preservation. Finally, we can speak of an ecologisation
of agricultural practices which induce a "rebound" or rather rebounds not really
taken in charge by local authorities for the moment.
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