Les jardins féminins de la Grande Muraille Verte dans le Ferlo sénégalais : une réponse publique à la précarité et à la marginalité en milieu rural au Sud

Billen, Léa

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“…Moreover, the area in which the GGW is operating in Senegal, as on the entire route, is populated by men and women who live there, raise livestock, and sometimes practice a little agriculture. It is precisely for this reason that the GGW in Senegal involves the construction of multipurpose gardens in which women in the villages affected by the project grow and harvest fruit and vegetables that are then consumed or sold at local weekly markets (Billen 2015). This income-generating activity, which is specifically geared toward empowering women, is coupled with an activity that allows straw to be harvested within GGW plots during the lean season (corresponding to May, June, and July in Senegal).…”

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The Great Green Wall in Senegal: questioning the idea of acceleration through the conflicting temporalities of politics and nature among the Sahelian populations

Macia¹,

Allouche²,

Sagna³

et al. 2023

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In January 2021, the Great Green Wall Accelerator was announced at the third One Planet Summit in Paris. Based on the notion of acceleration developed by Harmut Rosa and using the idea of conflicting temporalities in the study of social-ecological systems, this article analyzes how the political will to accelerate the Great Green Wall reveals power dynamics between Western and Sahelian countries. We put in tension this acceleration of the Great Green Wall with (1) temporalities with respect to nature and reforestation, and (2) temporalities of life among the Sahelian populations. Whereas our contribution is mostly theoretical, building on Hartmut Rosa's work, we illustrate our approach in terms of political ecology and anthropology based on an empirical case study of the Ferlo region in Senegal, a key region with respect to the Great Green Wall initiative. Our analysis shows that by controlling the temporality of the Great Green Wall program through this Accelerator, Western powers dominate the Sahelian states, making the Accelerator part of a neo-colonial approach. Moreover, the desire to accelerate the Great Green Wall with a massive investment in a short span of time corresponds to the perception of a nature made available, incompatible with the time of ecological restoration. Finally, the acceleration advocated by Western economic liberalism seems to be coming up against resistance of local populations rooted in an identity that values community solidarity, the stability of social structures, and closeness between humans, their herds, and nature.

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The Great Green Wall in Senegal: questioning the idea of acceleration through the conflicting temporalities of politics and nature among the Sahelian populations

Macia¹,

Allouche²,

Sagna³

et al. 2023

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Visages, gestes et activités dans le Ferlo au Sénégal

Boëtsch¹,

Chevé²,

Späni³

2018

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La Grande muraille verte au Sahel : entre ambitions globales et ancrage local

Mugelé¹

2018

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-La Grande muraille verte est le nom d'un programme de lutte contre la désertification lancé en 2005 sous l'égide de l'Union africaine et des organisations ouest-africaines et sahéliennes. L'approche géographique et critique proposée montre l'intérêt de la variation d'échelle pour analyser un objet multidimensionnel et multiacteurs. Elle met en tension les relations qui existent entre la reproduction par les États sahéliens de techniques anciennes de lutte contre la désertification, les nouvelles opportunités politiques et financières offertes par la gouvernance globale de l'environnement, et l'insuffisant ancrage local des aménagements dans les territoires ciblés par le projet à travers le cas sénégalais.

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Les jardins féminins de la Grande Muraille Verte dans le Ferlo sénégalais : une réponse publique à la précarité et à la marginalité en milieu rural au Sud

Cited by 4 publications

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The Great Green Wall in Senegal: questioning the idea of acceleration through the conflicting temporalities of politics and nature among the Sahelian populations

The Great Green Wall in Senegal: questioning the idea of acceleration through the conflicting temporalities of politics and nature among the Sahelian populations

Visages, gestes et activités dans le Ferlo au Sénégal

La Grande muraille verte au Sahel : entre ambitions globales et ancrage local

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