The increasingly urbanised youth are often reluctant to help with digging and hoeing, even during the holidays, forcing some families to pay day workers to do the job.
“I cultivate a much smaller area than in the past, because I have to pay people to work my land,” said farmer Catherine Badiane, in her 50s, who lost her husband years ago. “Each year I pay people to work my land. My sons, most of whom live in Dakar, refuse to come back to Casamance to farm. When I ask them to come, they say they are busy..."
