Involvement and Participation of Farmers' Organisations in the DEL: Organisational Dynamics Producer Local Economic Development

Farmers' organisations in Senegal are currently grappling with the impacts of various changes - whether economic, political or social - by implementing community-based and economic strategies to ensure the sustainability of their activities. However, NGOs and state authorities - perceived as the main funding bodies - have directed their interventions towards other priorities, including local economic development (LED). This new situation may explain why farmers' organisations would have an interest in taking the local economic development dimension into account when formulating their organisational development strategies. In light of this situation, the research question posed is as follows: What intervention strategies should be implemented to ensure that the organisational dynamism of farmers' organisations in the study area drives local economic development? This study is intended for development actors, NGOs, leaders of community organisations, donors and policy-makers, insofar as it is geared towards decision-making and strategy design.