Ndiob’s Agriculture Development Programme
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Thanks to a very engaged Mayor, Municipal Council and local community, Ndiob became the first city in Senegal to embark on an agroecological transition. After formulating a vision to become a green municipality through a process of economic and social development and welfare, inclusive and respectful for human rights, in particular towards vulnerable communities, in 2014 Ndiob established CAPCOMMUN – a Group of Friends and Partners. In 2017, a large community consultation took place, during which citizens from 18 villages across Ndiob formulated their Agriculture Development Programme. As a result, Ndiob invests nowadays a notable 23 per cent of its budget into developing agroecology, undertaking a series of appropriate and adequate measures to sustainably manage its natural resources and to achieve food security. With its community-based multi-stakeholder territorial approach and respect of the Future-Just Lawmaking Principles and Elements of Agroecology, Ndiob’s political strategies were recognized with an Honourable Mention of the Future Policy Award 2018, awarded by the World Future Council in partnership with FAO and IFOAM – Organics International.