USAID/DCHA Niger Food Insecurity Fact Sheet #1
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REGIS-AG) Quarterly Report (FY15/Q3)
Resilience and Economic Growth in the Sahel – Accelerated Growth (REGIS-AG) Quarterly Report (FY15/Q3) 1 APRIL TO 3O JUNE 2015 Prepared for review_________________________________________________________________ by the United States Agency for International Development under USAID Contract No. AID-625-C-REGIS-AG14-00001, Quarterly Resilience Report, and 1 AprilEconomic – 30 June Growth 2015 (Contractin the Sahel No. AID-625-C-– Accelerated14-00001) Growth (REGIS- AG) Project, implemented by Cultivating New Frontiers in Agriculture (CNFA). 1 Resilience and Economic Growth in the Sahel – Accelerated Growth (REGIS-AG) Project QUARTERLY REPORT (FY15/Q3) 1 APRIL TO 3O JUNE 2015 Submitted by: Cultivating New Frontiers in Agriculture (CNFA) USAID Contract No. AID-625-C-14-00001 Implemented by CNFA Submitted to: Camilien Saint-Cyr COR USAID/Senegal Regional Mission Submitted on 1 August 2015 DISCLAIMER The author’s views expressed in this publication do not necessarily reflect the views of the U.S. Agency for International Development or the United States Government. _________________________________________________________________ REGIS-AG Quarterly Report, 1 April – 30 June 2015 (Contract No. AID-625-C-14-00001) 2 TABLE OF CONTENTS Contents ACRONYMS ........................................................................................................................................ 4 1.0 BACKGROUND ....................................................................................................................... 5 2.0 OVERVIEW ............................................................................................................................. -
13 to 17/04/2010 Logistics Capacity Assessment Mission – Diffa & Zinder
13 to 17/04/2010 Logistics Capacity Assessment Mission – Diffa & Zinder (NIGER) Participants : Yann Ilboudo, Logistics Officer Dardaou Chaibou , Logistics Assistant Saidou Kabidou , Coordonateur Régional du programme PAM région de Diffa Laouali Gambo Souna Mahamane , Coordonateur Régional du programme PAM région de Zinder 1. Context of the mission : Due to a poor harvest in the Sahel Region (most affected countries are Chad and Niger and to a lesser extent Burkina Faso, Nigeria (Northern Sates), Cameroon (Northern region) and Mali (East)) which has put some two million people in Niger at immediate risk of severe hunger, WFP is scaling up its food and nutrition activities through its protracted relief and recovery operation (PRRO) 10611.0 “Improving the nutritional status and reinforcing livelihoods of vulnerable populations in Niger”. This will allow WFP to increase the number of people assisted from 941,000 to 2,448,000 by providing an additional 79,927 MT of food until the end of 2010. WFP also intend to deliver food to Chad population affected by the drought trough the Zinder-Diffa-Nguigmi- Chad Corridor. In such a context, WFP is preparing a response to this emergency situation; a strong augmentation of the logistics capacities (Storage, Transport and Staffing) in Zinder and Diffa is necessary. 2. Mission main objectives : Assess the corridor (Diffa - Nguigmi - Chad border) infrastructure Identify potential reliable commercial transporters in Diffa Identify potential storage space in Nguigmi Prepare a construction plan for the Logistics Hub in Diffa Prepare a construction plan for the future Logistics Hub in Zinder Identify the possibilities for water and electricity supply for Zinder Hub Identify potential/possible space for the erection of Rubhall in Gouré, Mainé- Soroa and Magaria departments identified for prepositioning of food distribution Assess the actual storage capacity in Zinder Region Page 1/12 4/21/2010 3. -
Niger Food Security Brief
NIGER FOOD SECURITY BRIEF MAY 2014 Niger Food Security Brief This publication was prepared by Meredith Sisa under the United States Agency for International Development Famine Early Warning Systems Network (FEWS NET) Indefinite Quantity Contract, AID-OAA-I-12-00006. The author’s views expressed in this publication do not necessarily reflect the views of the United States Agency for International Development or the United States Government. Photo credit: Peter Thomas, FEWS NET Page 2 Niger Food Security Brief Introduction Over the last three decades, FEWS NET has steadily built a core set of integrated materials on livelihoods, household vulnerability, nutrition, trade, and agro- climatology through fieldwork and secondary data collection and research. FEWS NET also looks beyond the immediate context to understand the broader context and the underlying causes of food insecurity. This Food Security Brief draws on FEWS NET research and an array of other sources to provide an overview of the food security context and the main determinants of chronic and acute food insecurity, and highlight areas or livelihood zones at most risk of food insecurity. It is a starting ABOUT point for anyone seeking a deep understanding of the range of factors influencing food security in Niger. F E W S N E T The brief is organized around the FEWS NET Household Livelihoods Analytical Created in response to Framework (Figure 1), which looks at underlying and proximate causes of food the 1984 famines in insecurity as a means to inform outcomes at the regional and household levels. At East and West Africa, the core of this analysis is an understanding of hazards and their magnitude and the Famine Early extent, household vulnerability to hazards, and coping capacity in response. -
HEA Niger 2007 Report Final Based on N S Central Zones
Household Economy Analysis in Southern Niger Report on a household economy survey of Two livelihood Zones of Tessaoua District, Maradi Region September 2007 Julius Holt & Sonya LeJeune, consultants [This report is designed to accompany the Livelihood Zone Profiles which have been produced separately. The intention is to provide information on the methodology and to offer expanded comments on the interpretation and implications of the survey results.] Financé par ECHO : HEA Tessaoua District, Niger – September 2007 1 INTRODUCTION Poverty and Malnutrition Household Economy Analysis (HEA) helps us to understand the structure and dynamics of rural poverty. This should be relevant when SCUK looks for the causes of malnutrition, and especially undernutrition, with the reasonable assumption that poverty is highly implicated. But 'poverty' is a concept that comes with much baggage, including increasingly ill-defined references to 'vulnerability'. Perhaps clarity will be gained if instead we turn the matter around and consider briefly why child malnutrition (in the sense of undernourishment rather than obesity) is so comparatively rare in a rich, urbanised country like the UK. This is indeed an easy one: there is no reason for anyone to be undernourished in the UK, except in some serious illnesses and a very small percentage of social cases. Foods containing basic calories and all essential nutrients are available for an astonishingly low proportion of even the most modest budget, and fresh milk is amongst the cheapest foods of all. The physical environment for the vast majority of children is sanitary and safe, health services are highly advanced and universally available, and as a substitute for the direct care and charity (and associated social coercion) within the extended family or local community found in the old rural society, there is a formal system of inspection, control and provision when physical and social conditions are deemed to threaten the wellbeing of children or the aged1. -
WHO Emergency Health Programme for the Food Crisis in Niger Situation Report # 13 1 to 7 November 2005
Health action in crisis WHO Emergency Health Programme for the Food Crisis in Niger Situation Report # 13 1 to 7 November 2005 I. Highlights • A project for 79 000 Euros, for expansion of the current national communicable diseases surveillance system to include nutritional surveillance through the timely collection of data on malnutrition and analysis for appropriate response in Niger, was submitted to the Humanitarian Aid Department of the European Commission (ECHO) by the WHO Niger Representative. • WHO and partners are scheduling additional training courses for healthcare workers on the treatment of malnutrition from all eight regions of Niger (Agadez, Diffa, Dosso, Maradi, Niamey, Tahoua, Tilla- bery and Zinder) to respond to increased requests. It was planned to provide training for 450 health- care workers by the end 31 December 2005. This has already been exceeded. By 7 November, 503 healthcare workers had received training. Of the 503, 48 participated in the training for healthcare trainers on the treatment of malnutrition and 455 participated in training on the treatment of malnutri- tion. • The WHO collaborating centre, Burlo-Garofolo Regional Paediatric Hospital Institute of Child Health, Trieste, Italy, seconded a paediatric-nurse to WHO Niger for the period of one month from the 4 No- vember 2005. The paediatric-nurse is based at the Tillaberi Hospital and Intensive Nutritional Reha- bilitation Centre and will provide technical support to paramedical personnel in charge of the treat- ment of children under five years suffering from severe malnutrition upon request of the local authorities. • Partners of the interagency group on nutrition provided an update of activities at the weekly coordina- tion meeting held at UNICEF on 4 November 2005. -
Assessment of Chronic Food Insecurity in Niger
Assessment of Chronic Food Insecurity in Niger Analysis Coordination March 2019 Assessment of Chronic Food Insecurity in Niger 2019 About FEWS NET Created in response to the 1984 famines in East and West Africa, the Famine Early Warning Systems Network (FEWS NET) provides early warning and integrated, forward-looking analysis of the many factors that contribute to food insecurity. FEWS NET aims to inform decision makers and contribute to their emergency response planning; support partners in conducting early warning analysis and forecasting; and provide technical assistance to partner-led initiatives. To learn more about the FEWS NET project, please visit www.fews.net. Acknowledgements This publication was prepared under the United States Agency for International Development Famine Early Warning Systems Network (FEWS NET) Indefinite Quantity Contract, AID-OAA-I-12-00006. The author’s views expressed in this publication do not necessarily reflect the views of the United States Agency for International Development or the United States Government. Recommended Citation FEWS NET. 2019. Assessment of Chronic Food Insecurity in Niger. Washington, DC: FEWS NET. Famine Early Warning Systems Network ii Assessment of Chronic Food Insecurity in Niger 2019 Table of Contents Executive Summary ..................................................................................................................................................................... 1 Background ............................................................................................................................................................................. -
Synthesis Report on the Consequences of the Pressure Exerted by Vip Hunting in Niger
CMS/StC32/Inf.3 SYNTHESIS REPORT ON THE CONSEQUENCES OF THE PRESSURE EXERTED BY VIP HUNTING IN NIGER Report to the CMS Scientific Council March 2007 Roseline C. Beudels-Jamar Focal Point for ASS Concerted Action within CMS Introduction: For many years, VIPs (essentially Arab personages from the Persian Gulf) have been organising hunting camps in countries of the Sahel and the Sahara, mainly Niger, Chad, Tunisia, Algeria, Morocco and Mali. These hunts are essentially an occasion for exercising falconry skills, in particular on several species of bustards, as well as hunting several species of antelopes found in the Sahel and the Sahara. These hunting drives are taking place practically everywhere in the Sahara: there are not really any areas that are inaccessible these days, with modern 4x4 vehicles. However, too often, these drives result in extremely high numbers on the “hunting lists”, attaining thresholds that clearly cannot be maintained. The large desert fauna are, by definition, fauna that take advantage of ephemeral pastures, and which are therefore characterised by relatively low densities and populations that need large areas for survival. They are therefore also large fauna which do not easily reconstitute their numbers when the pressures that are exerted on them are too great. The CMS and all of the countries in the area over which the Sahel-Sahara Antelopes are distributed emphasised the need for warnings in the attached CMS declaration Djerba (1998) and Agadir (2003). The alarm has also been sounded by several international and national NGOs, in particular the l’IUCN (World Conservation Union) and the Sahara Conservation Fund (SCF). -
Regreening in the Maradi and Zinder Regions of Niger
Copyright © 2011 by the author(s). Published here under license by the Resilience Alliance. Sendzimir, J., C. P. Reij, and P. Magnuszewski. 2011. Rebuilding resilience in the Sahel: regreening in the Maradi and Zinder regions of Niger. Ecology and Society 16(3):1. http://dx.doi.org/10.5751/ES-04198-160301 Research, part of a Special Feature on Resilience and Vulnerability of Arid and Semi-Arid Social Ecological Systems Rebuilding Resilience in the Sahel: Regreening in the Maradi and Zinder Regions of Niger Jan Sendzimir 1, Chris P. Reij 2, and Piotr Magnuszewski 3 ABSTRACT. The societies and ecosystems of the Nigerien Sahel appeared increasingly vulnerable to climatic and economic uncertainty in the late twentieth century. Severe episodes of drought and famine drove massive livestock losses and human migration and mortality. Soil erosion and tree loss reduced a woodland to a scrub steppe and fed a myth of the Sahara desert relentlessly advancing southward. Over the past two decades this myth has been shattered by the dramatic reforestation of more than 5 million hectares in the Maradi and Zinder Regions of Niger. No single actor, policy, or practice appears behind this successful regreening of the Sahel. Multiple actors, institutions and processes operated at different levels, times, and scales to initiate and sustain this reforestation trend. We used systems analysis to examine the patterns of interaction as biophysical, livelihood, and governance indicators changed relative to one another during forest decline and rebound. It appears that forest decline was reversed when critical interventions helped to shift the direction of reinforcing feedbacks, e.g., vicious cycles changed to virtuous ones. -
Reinforcing Agro Dealer Networks in Niger - an Impact Evaluation Study
REINFORCING AGRO DEALER NETWORKS IN NIGER - AN IMPACT EVALUATION STUDY Final Report Submitted to the 3ie by Institute of Statistical, Social and Economic Research University of Ghana June, 2017 Reinforcing Agro Dealer Networks in Niger: An Impact Evaluation Study By Robert Darko Osei*, ISSER, University of Ghana, Legon Accra Isaac Osei-Akoto, ISSER, University of Ghana, Legon Accra Felix Ankoma Asante ISSER, University of Ghana, Legon Accra Mamadou Adam, INRAN, Niamey, Niger Ama Fenny, ISSER, University of Ghana, Legon Accra Pokuaa Adu, ISSER, University of Ghana, Legon Accra Louis Hodey, ISSER, University of Ghana, Legon Accra Acknowledgement We wish to acknowledge 3ie for funding and technical review and support throughout this study. We also wish to thank AGRA monitoring and evaluation office for the continued support and readiness to answer questions whenever we approached them. We will also wish to thank the implementing partners CEB who have been very tolerant throughout the study period. Finally we wish to thank various participants for their invaluable comments during our stakeholder meetings and other engagements. All views expressed in this study are those of the authors only. Email of corresponding Author: [email protected] Table of Content TABLE OF CONTENT ...................................................................................................................................... I LIST OF TABLES ............................................................................................................................................ -
Farming Systems and Food Security in Africa
Farming Systems and Food Security in Africa Knowledge of Africa’s complex farming systems, set in their socio-economic and environmental context, is an essential ingredient to developing effective strategies for improving food and nutrition security. This book systematically and comprehensively describes the characteristics, trends, drivers of change and strategic priorities for each of Africa’s fifteen farming systems and their main subsystems. It shows how a farming systems perspective can be used to identify pathways to household food security and pov- erty reduction, and how strategic interventions may need to differ from one farming system to another. In the analysis, emphasis is placed on understanding farming systems drivers of change, trends and stra- tegic priorities for science and policy. Illustrated with full-colour maps and photographs throughout, the volume provides a comprehen- sive and insightful analysis of Africa’s farming systems and pathways for the future to improve food and nutrition security. The book is an essential follow-up to the seminal work Farming Systems and Poverty by Dixon and colleagues for the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations and the World Bank, published in 2001. John Dixon is Principal Adviser Research & Program Manager, Cropping Systems and Economics, Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR), Canberra, Australia. Dennis Garrity is Senior Fellow at the World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF), based in Nairobi, Kenya, UNCCD Drylands Ambassador, and Chair of the EverGreen Agriculture Partnership. Jean-Marc Boffa is Director of Terra Sana Projects and Associate Fellow of the World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF), Nairobi, Kenya. Timothy Olalekan Williams is Regional Director for Africa at the International Water Management Institute (IWMI), based in Accra, Ghana. -
Livelihoods Zoning “Plus” Activity in Niger
LIVELIHOODS ZONING “PLUS” ACTIVITY IN NIGER A SPECIAL REPORT BY THE FAMINE EARLY WARNING SYSTEMS NETWORK (FEWS NET) August 2011 Table of Contents Introduction .................................................................................................................................................. 3 Methodology ................................................................................................................................................. 4 National Livelihoods Zones Map ................................................................................................................... 6 Livelihoods Highlights ................................................................................................................................... 7 National Seasonal Calendar .......................................................................................................................... 9 Rural Livelihood Zones Descriptions ........................................................................................................... 11 Zone 1: Northeast Oases: Dates, Salt and Trade ................................................................................... 11 Zone 2: Aïr Massif Irrigated Gardening ................................................................................................ 14 Zone 3 : Transhumant and Nomad Pastoralism .................................................................................... 17 Zone 4: Agropastoral Belt ..................................................................................................................... -
Niger a Country Profile
REF 910,3 ? 54c'L/5" E92 NIGER ,Niger A Country Profile Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance Agency for International Development Washlngton, D.C. 20523 Niger LIS Y A ALGERIA International boundary Ddpartement bourdary * National capital Tamanrasset 0 DLpartement capital - Railroad Road 0 50 100 150 Kilometers a 50 100 1 Miles eBilma 1 -.. (( M ALI '\lm 9 5 5Ta)oua ae5 1 11 Go ur e' . :5 - . arni . Mha.... iarr7: BENINi~ / ( "-'er,IL" LChad ; ak-i-Tt rs UPPER ' Base 504113 11-79 (544513) NIGER: A COUNTRY PROFILE prepared for The Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance Agency for International Development Department of State Washington, D.C. 20523 by Mary M. Rubino Evaluation Technologies, Inc. c",C1 Arlington, Virginia under contract AID/SOD/PDC-C-3345 The country profile of Niger Is part of a series designed to provide baseline country data in support of the planning and relief operations of the Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance (OFDA). Content, scope, and sources have evolved over the course of the last several years and the relatively narrow focus is intentional. We hope that the information provided will also be useful to others in the disaster assistance and development communities. Every effort is made to obtain current, reliable data; unfortunately it Is not possible to issue updates as fast as changes would warrant. We invite your comments and corrections. Address these and other queries to OFDA, A.I.D., as given above. April 1985 OFDA COUNTRY PROFILES: APRIL 1985 AFRICA CARIBBEAN Burkina Faso CARICOM Regional Profile Cape Verde Antigua Chad Barbados East Africa Regional Profile Belize Djibouti Dominica Ethiopia Grenada Kenya Guyana Somalia Montserrat Sudan St.