La Grande Niaye de Pikine, un espace humide à haute valeur agronomique au cœur de l’agglomération urbaine de Dakar : analyse des enjeux socioéconomiques

Abstract

Urban growth on a global scale is accompanied by challenges such as empowerment, urban planning and the eradication of unemployment. In West Africa and more particularly in the Niayes region of Senegal, market gardening employs a large number of young people and women. In Dakar, these agricultural areas have been declining for several years. In the Great Niaye of Pikine, which is the largest horticultural production area in Dakar agglomeration, market gardeners are threatened by land pressure, despite the issues related to the maintenance of agricultural activity.This study is a contribution to the knowledge of socio-economic issues around market gardening in the Great Niaye of Pikine. It proceeds through surveys of market gardeners and sellers of Grande Niaye products.The results show significant family burdens for these two categories of actors, but also land precariousness of the farms that facilitate the expropriations. This threatens the balance of the value chain that seems to be maintained by the proximity of the production basin.

Keywords

• Niayes
• urban agriculture
• socio-economic issues
• market gardening
• Senegal
• Dakar