An intergenerational transmission of sustainability? Ancestral habitus and food production in a traditional agro-ecosystem of the Upper Guinea Forest, West Africa

- We examine social & physical-technical dimensions of a West African agro-ecosystem.
- The Loma forgo on a chance for growth by not optimising/expanding an innovation.
- 'Ancestral habitus' structures a social-ecological system in dynamic equilibrium.
- Social-belief issues are more important than physical-technical in system behaviour.