Niger

CROPS4HD in Niger

In Niger, the project builds on agrobiodiversity, agroecology and institutional strengthening of organizations and the development of local market systems and value chains.

Context

The project builds on the former work on agrobiodiversity, agroecology and institutional strengthening of organizations and the development of local market systems and value chains (among others the policy platform Raya Karkara). Further, the project can benefit and build on a range of documented good practices in the seed saving and producing sector in Niger.

In Niger, the project evolves in the bordering provinces to Mali and Burkina Faso. Interventions will focus in the PUSH side on rural communities. For demand and policy activities, regional centers as well as the capital Niamey will be important locations. Through partners, the consortium will be as well active at the West African policy forum.

Key Outcomes

Demand
  1. Share of consumers having increased diversity in consumption/frequency of NUS in weakly diet at household level is increased by 12%.
  2. Barriers to access markets for NUS are lowered in four out of six food systems and NUS volume in markets increased.
  3. Share of peasants with access to NUS seeds is increased by 18%.
Supply
  1. 10 crops (NUS crops, non‐NUS crops and NUS varieties) are newly cultivated at farm level.
  2. Volume of NUS leaving farm gate is increased by 30%.
  3. Incomes of 3’600 peasants are increased.
  4. Food security of 4’000 peasants is improved.
  5. Climate resilience of 4’000 peasants is improved.
Policy
  1. Effectiveness of sub‐national policies and legal frameworks in A+FS for small holder farmers is increased.

Recent News

New publication on the right to seeds in Africa

A new publication co-published by Geneva Academy, South Center and CROPS4HD/SWISSAID has just been released. It looks at the implementation of the right to seeds in Africa from a perspective of peasant’s rights declaration (UNDROP).

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PMCA visibilty in Niger

In Niger, CROPS4HD actors participated to the National Forum for Women’s and Youth’s Empowerment taking place in Dosso in October 2022. It was the 6th edition with the specific theme “Entrepreneurship in Niger: promoting areas of growth”. CROPS4HD, have had the opportunity to present the Participatory Market Chain Approach.

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