ARTS

02 · Participatory mapping

A platform for an agroecology directory

109 geo-referenced agroecology initiatives across the two ARTS territories, Mbour and Bignona.

Many agroecology initiatives stay isolated, little known beyond their immediate context. Geo-referenced mapping aims to make them visible: a maintained directory that records the actors, documents local efforts and helps connect them.

Identification starts within the DyTAELs - territorial citizen platforms that collectively spot initiatives in their department. The research teams then visit each one in person, conduct an in-depth interview and complete a detailed survey: practices, challenges, precise geolocation, stakeholders.

The data feeds an interactive mapping platform. Each initiative gets its own record. Decision-makers, researchers and partner organisations can explore the geographic distribution, cross-reference practices, identify complementarities.

Platform designed and built by Joan Bastide (GIUB) · 100% open source · decentralised by the DyTAELs, aggregated by the DyTAES.

State as of November 2024

Key figures

109

Mapped initiatives

2

ARTS living labs

43.7%

Women surveyed

100%

Geocoded

OSS

100% open source

Embedded map

Explore the 109 initiatives

Interactive map directly on the page - filter by territory, each marker opens a card with the name, commune, actor type, year and a link to the full atlas.

Territories

  • Mbour
  • Bignona
See the text list of all 109 initiatives
  1. ACCES M · 2009
  2. ACCES · Sindia B · 2005
  3. Agri Avenir · Bignona B
  4. Agri karacene · Tanghori B · 2023
  5. Agrosaab · Mbour M · 2023
  6. Aire protége de kholpa · Diass M
  7. Aire protegee de Groupement book Jom tanguis · Sindia M · 2011
  8. Aire protegée de babel · Sindia M · 2011
  9. Aire protegée de GIE de Takou liguey Daga Dialaw · Diass M
  10. Aire protegée de GIE ndiogaye · Sindia M · 2011
  11. Amdallah · Nguekhokh M · 1992
  12. APAD (Association des Planteurs de l'Arrondissement de Diouloulou) · Diouloulou B · 1986
  13. ASAPID (Association d'Appui aux Initiaves de Paix et de Développement) B · 2011
  14. Association des agroecologistes SAAFI · Diass M · 2017
  15. Bawii tawfekh · Kataba 1 B · 2023
  16. Beer Sheba · Sindiara M · 2012
  17. Binte famille B · 2023
  18. Bloc maraîcher Grand Kalounaye · Oulampane B · 2016
  19. Cambo Mboulem · Malicounda M · 2017
  20. Casa ecologie · Bignona B · 2007
  21. Casa Écologie · Bignona B · 2014
  22. Casa nature · Coubalan B · 2022
  23. Casa nature · Koubalan B
  24. Cause premiere (Ferme ecole intégree ) · Nianguiss B · 1995
  25. Centre départemental des handicapés de M’bour · Mbour M
  26. Coin bio · Ngaparou B · 2024
  27. Coin Bio · Ngaparou M · 2024
  28. Conseil départemental B
  29. Coopérative de service multifonctionnelle Bandial Hadj · Thionck Essyl B · 2014
  30. Cooperative koumangola · Thionk essyl B · 2022
  31. Cooperative scoop ca le.Jaardin de NianninG · Malicounda M · 2015
  32. CPS - ASTUT agrifood startup scale up · Mbour M · 2019
  33. CREATES · Sindia B · 2024
  34. D3emballage · Ngaparou M · 2020
  35. Dij@gro M
  36. Dij@gro · Mbour M · 2020
  37. Dione Agribio services · Sandiara M · 2020
  38. Djigou sahel · Fissel M
  39. DK Bio production · Thionck Essyl B · 2019
  40. ECO CAMP · Somone M · 2019
  41. Eco from Africa · Tenghory B · 2019
  42. Ekambouleck B · 1982
  43. Établissement Binte et Famille · Kataba B · 2018
  44. Exploitation familiale de adama gueye · Fissel M
  45. Faylar teranga agro · Sandiarq M · 2020
  46. Fédération des femmes de Ngaparou · Ngaparou M · 2020
  47. Ferme agroecologique Fangoundémassilo B · 2016
  48. Ferme des qu’âtres chemins · Yenn M · 2016
  49. Ferme Diémé Kamanar ou Bourougoune · Thionck Essyl B · 2022
  50. Ferme djiwalo B
  51. Ferme familiale Sané Koutengor · Tenghory B · 2018
  52. Ferme Fipa · Nguekhokh M · 2016
  53. Ferme kekendo · Diouloulou B · 2018
  54. Ferme villageoise Boulandor · Ouonck B · 2018
  55. Galle mame Samba · Mbour M · 2019
  56. GIE bokk Diom · Sindia M
  57. GIE Boul Faalé Niafourang · Thionk Essyl B
  58. GIE Claire · Tanghori B · 2013
  59. GIE Djiwalo · Think Essyl B
  60. Gie Kawtal Agro · Mbour M · 2003
  61. GIE Poumolindiana ostreiculture B · 2014
  62. GIE Takou Ligeyy · Ngeniene M
  63. Gie. Boufalé · Kataba 1 B · 2021
  64. GPF Fakh ya well - champs agroforesterie · Fissel M · 2007
  65. GPF garam · Sindia M
  66. GPF. Batine Bah · Thionck Essyl B
  67. Graines à papilles · Sindia M
  68. Groupement book Diome · Sindia M · 2022
  69. Kaanki · Sinda M · 2017
  70. Karonghen · Oulampane B · 2023
  71. Karonghen 4 · Oulampane B · 2023
  72. Karonghen Foulouck · Djibidione B · 2013
  73. Keparu Ngane · Ngaparou M · 2018
  74. Khour yi · Fissel M · 2019
  75. La ferme · Saly M · 2015
  76. Laudato Si Agro Eco · Sandiara M · 2022
  77. Les bassins verts de Nianing · Malicounda M · 2017
  78. Mala · Kafountine B · 1994
  79. Mame Modou Lena · Ngaparou M · 2009
  80. Marlé · Oulampane B · 2023
  81. Mbokk yaye · Rendel M · 2003
  82. Nawell Wass · Mbour M · 2021
  83. Nutrivie · Sindia M · 2012
  84. Pas de nom · Fissel M · 2006
  85. Plant’art · Mbour M · 2010
  86. Poumolindiana · Kafountine B · 2014
  87. Production de tomate hivernale M · 2000
  88. Producttion de tomate hivernale · Diass M
  89. Projet lutte contre la soudure et l'endettement · Fissel M · 2007
  90. Ptojet de renforcement de l'entreprenariat social pour la lutte contre la soudure et l'endettement · Sandiara M · 2014
  91. Ranch Salikh · Nguekhokh M · 2015
  92. Reseau de femmes de nguekokh · Nguekokh M · 2018
  93. Rosalie confiture · Sindia M · 2002
  94. S’en Bassil · Mbour M · 2020
  95. Salimtoo wellness · Mbour M · 2021
  96. Sarr agro · Sandiara M · 2021
  97. SCPEA (Société de commercialisation de produits agricoles et d'évage) · Ouonck B · 2018
  98. SDDC · Mbour B
  99. Societé cooperative, genre des groupements féminins et entreprises du Blouf · 6 communes thionk essyl, mangagoulack, balingor, diegoune, karthiack, mlomp, B · 2022
  100. Sokhna Mai · Malicounda M · 2014
  101. Summu agribuisness · Sandiara M · 2020
  102. Tolou bour · Malicounda M · 2023
  103. Tolou keur · Sindia M · 2021
  104. Tolou malick faye · Malicounda M · 2014
  105. Traoré Agro business · Saly M · 2007
  106. Union des GIE AJAC-Kalounaye · Ouonck B · 1982
  107. Union des GPF de l'arrondissement de Diouloulou · Diouloulou B · 1988
  108. Yacine Agro Services · Sandiara M · 2010
  109. Yeesal agro · Saly M · 2007

Data: ARTS field surveys, November 2024 - DyTAEL Mbour & Bignona. Tiles by OpenStreetMap.

Three windows

Three windows on the territories

The live atlas offers three complementary views: an aggregated national reading for the DyTAES, and two local views autonomously managed by the DyTAELs. Each DyTAEL controls its inventory; the national view federates them.

National atlas

108

initiatives

Senegal · DyTAES

National

Aggregated overview. Every DyTAEL feeds this national panorama.

Bignona atlas

41

initiatives

Casamance · DyTAEL

Bignona

ARTS Casamance living lab. The Bignona DyTAEL runs its own local atlas.

Mbour atlas

65

initiatives

Petite Côte · DyTAEL

Mbour

ARTS Petite Côte living lab. The Mbour DyTAEL pilots its territorial inventory.

The tool is being reused beyond ARTS. The Rufisque DyTAEL has opened its own atlas on the same platform.

What the data says

Five readings of the field

Beyond the dots on a map, the surveys produce richer data: who carries the transition, since when, on which links, with which practices. Five readings complement the map.

Growth

When did initiatives start?

83 dated initiatives · 2000-2024

8 6 4 2 0 1 1 2 1 1 5 2 2 4 2 2 7 3 4 4 7 6 7 5 6 8 3 2000200220042006200820102012201420162018202020222024
  • Mbour (64)
  • Bignona (45)

Actors

Who carries agroecology?

Collectives and family businesses dominate - the State is almost absent.

  • Collective 39 · 36%
  • Family business 36 · 33%
  • Other 15 · 14%
  • NGO / Association 12 · 11%
  • Unspecified 4 · 4%
  • Government 2 · 2%
  • Company 1 · 1%

Gender

Who answers the survey?

103 respondents interviewed door-to-door

43.7% women

  • 45 women · 43.7%

  • 58 men · 56.3%

  • Close to parity in the field - well above the share of women in official deliberative assemblies.

Value chain

Where do initiatives sit on the chain?

109 initiatives - most cover multiple links

  • 01 Agricultural production 71
  • 02 Trade 68
  • 03 Processing 48
  • 04 Training 41
  • 05 Livestock farming 26
  • 06 Collective action 24
  • 07 Technical support 18
  • 08 other 17

Practices

What does "agroecology" mean on the ground?

Top 8 practices reported by the initiatives

  • 01 Organic fertilisation 57
  • 02 Crop rotation 52
  • 03 Agroforestry 40
  • 04 Gestion_raisonnée_de_l'eau 38
  • 05 Mulching 30
  • 06 Culture_intercalaire 26
  • 07 Utilisation_de_variétés_locales 25
  • 08 Recyclage 21

Participatory method

How the data is made

Four stages to move from the citizen workshop to a point on the map. The entire chain is open source, taken over by the DyTAES to extend the inventory to the whole country.

  1. 01

    DyTAEL workshop

    The local citizen platform collectively identifies agroecological initiatives in its territory - farmers, processors, organisations, young ventures.

  2. 02

    Visit and interview

    The ARTS team visits each initiative, conducts an in-depth interview and completes a detailed survey: practices, challenges, precise geolocation.

  3. 03

    Geocoding and record

    The data is uploaded to the dedicated mobile app. Each initiative gets its bilingual record and its point on the map.

  4. 04

    Publication and uptake

    The atlas goes public. The tool is handed over to the national DyTAES, which extends it to other territories - Rufisque has already opened its own atlas beyond ARTS.

A transferable platform

Decentralised · Aggregated · Open source

Each DyTAEL runs its atlas autonomously. The DyTAES centralises and aggregates for national advocacy. The code and data are open so that other territories - like Rufisque - can take it up in turn.

Visit the national atlas → Download the data (JSON)