@article{fdi:010086493,
  title = {{I}ntensified rice production negatively impacts plant biodiversity, diet, lifestyle and quality of life : transdisciplinary and gendered research in the {M}iddle {S}enegal {R}iver {V}alley},
  author = {{C}lavel, {D}. and {G}uetat-{B}ernard, {H}. and {V}erger, {E}ric},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{A} major programme of irrigated rice extension in the {M}iddle {S}enegal {R}iver {V}alley has further limited the river's natural flooding in the floodplain ({W}aalo), initially reduced by drought. {W}e conducted a transdisciplinary ({TD}) and gendered study in the region to explore links between agricultural biodiversity and family diets using a social analysis of women's practices. {T}he results showed how rice expansion impacts local agrobiodiversity, diet quality and the cultural way of life. {D}isappearance of the singular agropastoral and fishing system of the {S}enegal {R}iver {V}alley is profoundly modifying the landscape, limiting wooded riverine settings, and is undermining the traditional diversified flood-recession cropping system in the {W}aalo. {T}his is causing an overconsumption of rice by reducing alternative food sources, such as sorghum, vegetables and animal products (fish, milk and meat). {I}n particular, flood-recession sorghums are in danger of disappearing, yet they are more nutritious than rice and now sell for twice as much, or more. {T}he way of life is being disrupted, notably sociabilities previously based on territorial complementarities, and women are disadvantaged in terms of recognition and added workload. {W}omen's groups have launched collective irrigated gardens, organic or not, only supported by the local {NGO}, but any surplus is hardly ever sold on the weekly markets in the neighbourhood. {M}oreover, this diet imbalance increases nutritional risk factors for health, such as vitamin and iron deficiencies, especially for women, hypertension and diabetes. {W}e argue that, firstly, gendered {TD} experiences are relevant for documenting women's activities in order for them to gain political support and, secondly, that targeting women's care tasks gives more value and impact to {TD} research results.},
  keywords = {{I}ntensified rice ; {S}orghum biodiversity ; {D}iet ; {L}ifestyle ; {G}endered ; research ; {S}enegal {R}iver {V}alle ; {SENEGAL} ; {FLEUVE} {SENEGAL} {VALLEE}},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{A}griculture and {H}uman {V}alues},
  volume = {40},
  numero = {2},
  pages = {745--760},
  ISSN = {0889-048{X}},
  year = {2023},
  DOI = {10.1007/s10460-022-10392-5},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010086493},
}