ARTS

Casamance · active since March 2022

DyTAEL Bignona

By 2036, Bignona reaches well-being in a dynamic, sustainable environment through agroecology.

Organizational development

An existing citizen platform, structured with ARTS support at a dedicated December 2023 workshop and connected to the national DyTAES. It grew through participatory foresight and the co-design of an advocacy strategy.

Participatory foresight (72 variables, 3 scenarios)Artistic advocacy residencyInitiative mapping

How it was built

  1. March 2022

    Territorial dynamic launched

  2. December 2023

    Structuring workshop (ARTS support)

  3. 2024 - 2025

    Three foresight workshops to 2045 (65 actors)

  4. July 2025

    Advocacy workshop + artistic residency (50 participants)

Action plan

An advocacy strategy co-designed in July 2025, organized around concrete priorities to secure resources and incomes.

Peasant seed bank

Identify, multiply and locally certify seeds to strengthen seed sovereignty.

Rehabilitation of the Affiniam dam

Diagnosis with valley committees and SODAGRI, public-authority mobilization, surrounding reforestation.

Agro-sylvo-pastoral and fisheries land-use plan

Local conventions, village fishing committees, consultations to organize rural land use.

Storage and conservation infrastructure

Rehabilitate and build granaries to cut post-harvest losses and improve incomes.

Go deeper

Bignona Foresight 2045 (3 scenarios, 4 levers) Residency and advocacy strategy Initiatives diagnostic (38 initiatives) Initiatives on the map