Embracing Agroecology: How West Africa Is Fighting Climate Change With Soil, Seeds, and Ancestral Wisdom

By Dela Ahiawor The rains in The Gambia came late this year. Again, in Senegal, the millet harvest shrank. In northern Ghana, farmers watched topsoil wash away after a single downpour. Across West Africa, climate change is no longer a forecast. It is a season. And in response, farmers, scientists, and policymakers are turning to …