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AgroVoices contest: the call for short film projects is open until 26 October
A short film contest about what is changing in farming, food and the environment in Mbour and Lower Casamance. Ten projects will be supported and funded.
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2026
- Event 6 October 2026
AgroVoices contest: the call for short film projects is open until 26 October
A short film contest about what is changing in farming, food and the environment in Mbour and Lower Casamance. Ten projects will be supported and funded.
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Event 30 September 2026Thiafoura: a food system diagnostic with local stakeholders
On 30 September 2026, farmers, community organisations, elected officials and technical services met at Sindia town hall to map who produces, processes and sells food around Thiafoura.
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Publication 25 September 2026CREATES launches its podcast, Cultiver les Territoires
First episode with Mariam Sow: for a political agroecology in Senegal. A podcast giving a voice to those who think about, live in and transform territories.
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Event 24 September 2026Sessène: the Mbour Petite Côte DyTAEL trains farmers in agroecology and organic fertilisers
On 24 September 2026, at Sessène town hall, the Mbour Petite Côte DyTAEL brought together farmers from Sessène and Fissel, technical services and local elected officials around agroecological practices and the use of organic fertilisers.
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Event 23 September 2026White Forest to screen in New York during Climate Week NYC 2026
The documentary by Thomas Grand and Joan Bastide, produced by CREATES, will be screened on 26 September 2026 at the Better Planet Film Festival, at the National Lighthouse Museum in New York, as part of the official Climate Week NYC programme.
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- Publication 10 September 2026
White Forest: the new documentary produced by CREATES
In Bandia, limestone quarrying has buried the forest under a veil of dust. Abdou Seck, a 72-year-old beekeeper, refuses to leave. The trailer for White Forest, a film by Thomas Grand and Joan Bastide, is online.
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Community 1 September 2026Thiafoura: four days of training, and the Women's Union was born
From 18 to 21 August 2026, twenty women from the four neighbourhoods of Thiafoura trained in organisational dynamics. By the end of the week, they had founded the Thiafoura Women's Union.
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Community 20 August 2026Thiafoura: from theory to practice in the Living Lab garden
On 20 and 21 August 2026, producers, women and young people from Thiafoura trained in agroforestry and land layout - then moved straight to practice in the Living Lab's community garden.
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Event 23 June 2026Kaffrine: a participatory diagnosis to map the actors of local food systems
On 23 and 24 June 2026, CREATES brought together producers, processors, traders and authorities in Kaffrine to jointly diagnose the territory's food systems and lay the groundwork for the OBSAT.
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Event 16 May 2026Territorial advocacy: the DyTAEL Mbour Petite Côte technical committee sets its roadmap
Meeting on May 16, 2026, the technical committee of the DyTAEL Mbour Petite Côte defined its advocacy priorities to defend territories against land grabbing, overfishing, and the breakdown of local value chains.
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Community 13 May 2026Mariam Sow visits the TERAL Living Lab in Thiafoura and inaugurates CREATES' new podcast studio
CREATES had the honour of welcoming Mariam Sow, one of Senegal's leading voices in peasant movements and agroecology, for a day of exchange between Thiafoura, Ndioukh o Fissel and Ngaparou - including field training and the inauguration of CREATES' new podcast studio.
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Partnership 28 April 2026Visit of the Vice-Prime Minister of Liechtenstein to Ndiouck Fissel
H.E. Sabine Monauni, Vice-Prime Minister of Liechtenstein, travelled to Ndiouck Fissel with the Liechtenstein Development Service (LED) delegation to discuss the concrete realities of the agroecological transition in Senegal.
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Event 26 March 2026Institutional structuring and advocacy: three days with the DyTAEL of Mbour Petite Côte
From March 24 to 26, 2026, the DyTAEL of Mbour Petite Côte gathered to consolidate its structure, clarify its strategic priorities, and strengthen its territorial advocacy capacities - bringing together local governments, farmers' organizations, researchers, and partners.
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Partnership 15 February 2026Sindia: a workshop to build collaboration with the Saafi inter-village Committee
CREATES organized a workshop with the Inter-village Committee for Environmental Protection of the Saafi zone to jointly define a collaboration strategy in response to the rapid transformations in the Mbour department.
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Event 10 February 2026DyTAEL workshop in Mbour: action-research serving the territories
CREATES presented the territorial diagnostic of Mbour – Petite Côte and its online mapping platform for agroecological initiatives at the DyTAEL workshop held at the Mbour City Hall.
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Partnership 6 February 2026NICE project launch in Senegal: workshops in Bambilor and Kaffrine
CREATES participates in the Phase 2 launch workshops of the NICE (Nutrition in City Ecosystems) project in Bambilor and Kaffrine, from February 3 to 6, 2026.
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Publication 6 February 2026New publication: niche orchestration and agroecological transition in Senegal
A paper co-authored by Patrick Bottazzi examines how a local NGO orchestrated the DyTAES coalition to accelerate the agroecological transition in Senegal.
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Research 28 January 2026AgroVoices: a documentary from the heart of the Petite Côte territories
As part of the AgroVoices project, CREATES launches the production of an immersive documentary filmed in the Bandia–Sessène and Ndiouck–Fissel areas, capturing the voice of communities facing territorial transformations.
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2025
- Community 21 October 2025
A plot of land for CREATES in Thiafoura: laying the foundations of a territorially grounded centre
Thanks to a generous anonymous donation, CREATES has acquired a plot of land in Thiafoura, in the heart of the Saafen country, to build its future action-research centre combining a medicinal forest, processing units and shared gardens.
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Event 26 September 2025Advocacy for a just and sustainable agroecology in Bignona
The DyTAEL of Bignona met the Departmental Council to deliver a strong message: the department's food systems can only develop sustainably by and for the farming communities that have shaped them.
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- Research 17 September 2025
Participatory mapping: revealing territories to guide collective action
CREATES experiments with participatory mapping as a tool for co-constructing knowledge, enabling communities to visualise the transformations of their territory and mobilise collective action.
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Community 18 August 2025Reforestation campaign in Ndiouck Fissel: youth taking root through action
CREATES supports the youth of Ndiouck Fissel in a reforestation campaign that is part of a broader movement for ecological restoration, citizen mobilisation and social justice.
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Partnership 7 July 2025Visit of the Vice-Rector of the University of Bern to the Thiafoura Living Lab
CREATES welcomed Hugues Abriel, Vice-Rector of the University of Bern, to the Thiafoura Living Lab as part of the Initiative Afrique, to strengthen partnerships in transdisciplinary research.
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Research 15 March 2025Bey Diiwaan project launch
CREATES officially launches the Bey Diiwaan - Cultivating Territories project, an action-research program on sustainable food systems across three regions of Senegal.
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