{"id":2737,"date":"2020-07-24T12:06:00","date_gmt":"2020-07-24T12:06:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wasafrica.org\/?p=2737"},"modified":"2024-09-08T23:36:47","modified_gmt":"2024-09-08T23:36:47","slug":"mariama-sonko-agroecology-africa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wasafrica.org\/en\/mariama-sonko-agroecology-africa\/","title":{"rendered":"Interview with Mariama Sonko: making the voice of women farmers in West Africa heard!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"2737\" class=\"elementor elementor-2737\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-99b3507 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"99b3507\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6d64d7f paragraphe elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6d64d7f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5363c835 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5363c835\" data-element_type=\"section\"><div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\"><div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-acd06eb\" data-id=\"acd06eb\" data-element_type=\"column\"><div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\"><div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-385d4cbb elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"385d4cbb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\"><div class=\"elementor-widget-container\"><p><strong>Mariama Sonko lives in Niaguiss, a village in southwest Senegal, Africa. She joined the movement in 1990 and has been supporting local farming knowledge and practices ever since. She has five children, and her own farm produce forms the basis of her family's diet. She is treasurer of her grassroots association AJAC Lukaal, national coordinator in Senegal and president of the international \"We Are The Solution\" movement. She fights for the human and socio-economic rights of women and young people.<\/strong><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b34fbea elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"b34fbea\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">What injustice are you most passionate about?\n<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2d6b15e paragraphe elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2d6b15e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1132a35 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1132a35\" data-element_type=\"section\"><div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\"><div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5d9add8\" data-id=\"5d9add8\" data-element_type=\"column\"><div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\"><div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-752f896 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"752f896\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\"><div class=\"elementor-widget-container\"><p>The emphasis on conventional agriculture, an agro-industrial policy imposed on us by multinationals, which is based on seductive theories but which in reality is fragile, dangerous and even destructive in its socio-economic and environmental impacts. This is to the detriment of family farming or agroecology, which has always supported food sovereignty in Africa.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-42cc797 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"42cc797\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">What does your organization do?\n<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a464d4a paragraphe elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a464d4a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>We practice agroecology and family farming; we promote food sovereignty, farmers' seeds, biodiversity and the demand for equitable access to resources.<\/p><p>'We Are the Solution' grew out of a 2011 campaign for food sovereignty in Africa. In 2014, it became a rural women's movement. The movement works to promote peasant knowledge and practices, better agricultural governance by decision-makers and the valorization of African family farming production (agroecology and peasant seeds), which have always preserved food sovereignty in Africa.<\/p><p>The movement sought to strengthen the capacities of women leaders in the following areas:<\/p><ul><li>Develop agro-ecological awareness.\u00a0<\/li><li><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text );\">Communicating the need for an agro-ecological and gender-based alternative. <\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text );\">Develop the institutional capacity of the organizations behind the movement. <\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text );\">Raise funds and mobilize resources. <\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text );\">Exchange agro-ecological experiences and share farmers' knowledge. <\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text );\">Building effective teams, developing everyday skills. <\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text );\">Creation of expert groups: farmers' seeds, soil, climate and nutrition. <\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text );\">Evaluation and follow-up of the movement. <\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text );\">Capacity-building for farmers' seed production systems.<\/span><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2c62d43 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2c62d43\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">How many organizations are there in your network?\n<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4903318 paragraphe elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4903318\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e4a657d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e4a657d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\"><div class=\"elementor-widget-container\"><p>Our network currently includes some 800 rural women's associations in seven West African countries (Burkina Faso, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea Conakry, Guinea Bissau, Mali and Senegal).<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2a2fada elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2a2fada\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\"><div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\u00a0<\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-65e2b10 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"65e2b10\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">What is your proudest achievement?\n<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bbbee1b paragraphe elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"bbbee1b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-f17c015 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"f17c015\" data-element_type=\"section\"><div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\"><div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4752467\" data-id=\"4752467\" data-element_type=\"column\"><div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\"><div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-be8142c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"be8142c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\"><div class=\"elementor-widget-container\"><p>The support of the men we have brought to this rural women's movement because they understand the meaning and scope of our struggle, but also the effective management of WAS \"We Are Solutions\" by African rural women.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section><section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-b0ec3fe elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"b0ec3fe\" data-element_type=\"section\"><div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\"><div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3d65dee\" data-id=\"3d65dee\" data-element_type=\"column\"><div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\"><div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8d39340 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"8d39340\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\u00a0<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3e66a54 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3e66a54\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">What are the major challenges facing food sovereignty in Africa?\n<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b454e62 paragraphe elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b454e62\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-f17c015 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"f17c015\" data-element_type=\"section\"><div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\"><div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4752467\" data-id=\"4752467\" data-element_type=\"column\"><div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\"><div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-be8142c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"be8142c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\"><div class=\"elementor-widget-container\"><ul><li><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text );\">Access to farmers' seeds (collection, creation of seed banks, multiplication, etc.).<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text );\">Access to farmland (construction of dykes or dikes to reclaim land, and protection of farmland).<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text );\">Rainwater management (rainwater harvesting through the creation or development of retention basins, irrigation, etc.).<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text );\">Maintaining a healthy diet (awareness of the harmful effects of chemical agriculture).<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text );\">The availability and accessibility of solar energy.<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text );\">Transparent and inclusive governance of resources.<\/span><\/li><\/ul><div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e875879 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e875879\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\"><div class=\"elementor-widget-container\"><div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element wpb_animate_when_almost_visible wpb_fadeIn fadeIn animated wpb_start_animation\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><p>The dangers of industrial or conventional farming, which, in my opinion, is the main cause of the degradation of arable land, the disappearance of flora and fauna, the disappearance of many varieties of farmers' seeds, and the loss of cultural, social and environmental values.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ff46890 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"ff46890\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\"><div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\u00a0<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3997872 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3997872\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">How can activists be more effective in the fight against injustice?\n<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8fe4fc0 paragraphe elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8fe4fc0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>They need to be well-informed, aware of the problems associated with agriculture. They must also be well structured, equipped and represented in all local, national and international meetings where agricultural or food issues are discussed.<\/p><p>They must be united and show solidarity, while serving as models for the implementation of good agroecological practices on our family farms and within our organizations.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-12c3a71 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"12c3a71\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">How can activists be more effective in the fight against injustice?\n<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-427c7d5 paragraphe elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"427c7d5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a1ab398 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a1ab398\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\"><div class=\"elementor-widget-container\"><div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element wpb_animate_when_almost_visible wpb_fadeIn fadeIn animated wpb_start_animation\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><p>The dangers of industrial or conventional farming, which, in my opinion, is the main cause of the degradation of arable land, the disappearance of flora and fauna, the disappearance of many varieties of farmers' seeds, and the loss of cultural, social and environmental values.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f6567f8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"f6567f8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\"><div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\u00a0<\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c95046a e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"c95046a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d97fbc9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"d97fbc9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">How can activists be more effective in the fight against injustice?\n<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4e9ce10 paragraphe elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4e9ce10\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li>They need to master the challenges and issues facing agriculture, and build their skills in innovative agro-ecology techniques.<\/li><li>They must not adopt the \"every man for himself\" principle, but rather develop solidarity and complementarity.<\/li><li>They must put their talents to work for everyone.<br \/>Young people need to understand that our health depends on the food we eat.<\/li><li>They need to master their environment, to identify with it, protect it and promote it.<\/li><li>They must have a mind open to abstract knowledge, with the intelligence of their hands and concrete creativity, linking the child to nature, to which he will always owe his survival, and awakening him to beauty and his responsibility towards life. For all this is essential to the elevation of their consciousness.<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c07d667 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"c07d667\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">What will the success of the agroecology movement look like?\n<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6a63780 paragraphe elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6a63780\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>An Africa where farmers are involved in decision-making, and grow, process, consume and sell the products of African family farming, while preserving the environment for harmonious development.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mariama Sonko lives in Niaguiss, a village in southwest Senegal, Africa. 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