The division of work in Senegalese conventional and alternative food networks: a contributive justice perspective

Labor conditions and rights are a key justice issue in agri-food systems, particularly global, capitalized industrialized food supply chains. While alternative networks have emerged to produce distribute outside these logics, their ability provide more equitable work remains widely debated. We examine equity issues the division of labor exchange horticultural sector Senegal from perspective contributive justice. Contributive considers broadly how different qualities distributed is perceived by workers themselves. performed 71 interviews participating three networks: (1) conventional chain Niayes production area Dakar, (2) an NGO-supported organic network also supplying goods Dakar (3) community-supported agriculture scheme peri-urban coastal area. investigated functions tasks along gender, ethnicity, place origin education characteristics they qualify terms satisfaction tediousness. found sharp ethnic less one two networks. However, worker participants tend belong local elites rarely include disadvantaged people; be specialized perform several functions, but do not necessarily express better satisfaction. Workers who highly tedious show rather surprising high Based on findings, we discuss interplays between external situated perceptions organization This allows critically transformative potential context lower-middle income country such as Senegal.