Gabonese farmers face climate change impact as agricultural seasons become unpredictable

This shift highlights a historical reversal where the environment now dictates conditions for human activities, rather than humans solely impacting the environment. Adrien NKoghe-Mba, President of the Léon MBA Institute, reflects on a Gabon 24 report featuring these farmers and insights from biologist Olivier Hamant. Hamant explains that while the focus was once on humanity's impact on nature, the current challenge is nature's impact on human endeavors.

The unpredictability of seasons directly affects agricultural practices, market availability, and food prices in the capital. NKoghe-Mba emphasizes that "ecological and social transformation of territories" is not merely international conference jargon but a matter of ordinary survival. He argues for a shift from unchecked resource extraction to sustainable management, adaptation, and renewal.

Crucially, this transformation must improve people's lives, such as providing farmers with support to adjust to new climate patterns through resilient crop varieties, irrigation techniques, and agricultural advice. For Gabon, with its vast forest cover and national parks, this presents both an opportunity and an urgent need to act now and negotiate with the changing world, rather than passively endure its effects.