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Large-scale regreening in Niger: lessons for policy and practice. Included in Restoring African Drylands

Reports & Research
December, 2020
Niger, Western Africa
Forest Landscape Restoration
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
Land & Food Security
Land, Climate Change & Environment
farming systems
food security
land restoration
smallholders
smallholders
sustainable land management
Unless countries can manage to mobilize millions of land users to invest their scarce resources in protecting regenerating trees, the battle against land degradation cannot be won. These experiences from Niger show that hundreds of thousands of smallholder farm families have substantially increased tree cover on their farm land by investing in the management of on-farm trees. This has improved their production systems and their livelihoods. There is no reason to believe that similar success cannot be achieved in many more countries throughout African drylands and sub-humid area.
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Post-project impacts of restoring degraded land in Tahoua, Niger. Included in Restoring African Drylands

Reports & Research
December, 2020
Niger, Western Africa
Forest Landscape Restoration
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
Land & Food Security
Land, Climate Change & Environment
food security
land restoration
smallholders
When the IFAD-funded project started in 1988, few people could have imagined that 15 years later the degraded plateaus would be covered with trees on land restored to production by individual smallholder farmers. And no one imagined that a village on a barren degraded plateau would one day produce enough vegetables to meet its own needs and produce a surplus for sale, because water levels in the wells had risen so much.
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Successful landscape restoration in Abreha We Atsbeha watershed, Tigray, Ethiopia. Included in Restoring African Drylands

Reports & Research
December, 2020
Niger, Western Africa
Forest Landscape Restoration
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
Land & Food Security
Land, Climate Change & Environment
Rangelands, Drylands & Pastoralism
drylands
food security
land restoration
smallholders
Key success factors
There were several reasons for the success of the restoration initiative.
• Implementation had the active participation of the local community; i.e., it was community- led restoration.
• Restoration produced short- and long-term economic and environmental benefits.
• It systematically included women, girls and youth in restoration activities.
• The former village leader had the leadership capacity to mobilize the local community.
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Africa Can Help Feed Africa

Removing Barriers to Regional Trade in Food Staples

Reports & Research
Training Resources & Tools
October, 2012
Kenya, Zambia, Uganda, Zimbabwe, Tanzania, Malawi, Niger, Sub-Saharan Africa, Western Africa, Africa, Eastern Africa, Southern Africa
Land, Climate Change & Environment
Land & Food Security
agriculture
climate change
farmers
food security
rural areas
transaction costs
Africa's growing demand for food has been met increasingly by imports from the global market. This, coupled with rising global food prices, brings ever-mounting food import bills. In addition, population growth and changing demand patterns will double demands over the next 10 years. Two key issues must be addressed: (a) establishing a consistent and stable policy environment for regional trade in fertilizers; and (b) investing in institutions that reduce the transaction costs of coordination failures.
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Office du Niger : Ensuring Food Security for Mali

August, 2012
Mali, Niger
farmers
food security
land tenure
rural development
water management
Located in the heart of Mali, the Office
du Niger (ON) is one of the oldest and largest irrigation
schemes in Sub-Saharan Africa. The French, who began the
scheme in 1932, planned on developing about 1,000,000
hectares over a period of 50 years. The original objectives
were to: 1) supply the French textile industry with a large
share of its needs in cotton; and 2) significantly
contribute to food security for the whole Sahelian region of
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Niger : Towards Water Resource Management

August, 2013
Niger
capacity development
farmers
food security
grazing
land degradation
land tenure
land use
urban areas
water management
rural population
The study reviews Niger's water
resources, and planning process, through its short- and
medium-term water investment program, and priorities in the
water supply, and sanitation sector. Critical challenges are
examined for improving its complex water resources
management to support economic growth, given its landlocked
situation, with diffuse, and mostly rural population, and
immense, untapped fossil aquifer supplies. Despite multiple
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Agricultural Sector Risk Assessment in Niger : Moving from Crisis Response to Long-Term Risk Management

April, 2013
Niger
agriculture
climate change
common property
farmers
food security
grazing
pastoralists
rural areas
rural development
rural population
Niger, owing to its climatic,
institutional, livelihood, economic, and environmental
context, is one of the most vulnerable countries of the
world. Poverty is pervasive in Niger and it ranks low on
almost all the human development indicators. Agriculture is
the most important sector of Niger's economy and
accounts for over 40 percent of national gross domestic
product (GDP) and is the principle source of livelihood for
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Forced Displacement of and Potential Solutions for IDPs and Refugees in the Sahel : Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali, Mauritania and Niger

April, 2014
Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali, Mauritania, Niger
Urban Tenure
capacity development
climate change
expropriation
farmers
food security
land use
local communities
urban areas
urbanization
The Sahel region has seen the forcible
displacement of more than million persons as a result of
conflict. Tackling displacement in the Sahel is critical for
both poverty alleviation and stabilization, and only a
development response will be adequate to the task. A
development response to forced displacement in the Sahel
requires a regional approach. Such an approach would have
the benefits of being able to overcome challenges relating
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Forced Displacement of and Potential Solutions for IDPS and Refugees in the Sahel : Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali, Mauritania, and Niger

September, 2014
Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali, Mauritania, Niger
Urban Tenure
climate change
expropriation
farmers
food security
land use
urban areas
urbanization
A development response to forced
displacement in the Sahel requires a regional approach. Such
an approach would have the benefits of being able to: (i)
overcome challenges relating to cross--- border movements,
(ii) obtain commitments by host governments to support the
prospects of displaced from neighboring countries and (iii)
facilitate common approaches, shared conceptualization and
learning. A regional approach will be appropriate in the
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Niger - Impacts of Sustainable Land Management Programs on Land Management and Poverty in Niger

March, 2012
Niger
capacity development
climate change
common lands
deforestation
desertification
farmers
farming systems
food security
land degradation
land management
land use
rangelands
rural areas
rural development
rural population
Since the early 1980s, the Government of
Niger and its development partners have invested more than
200 billion West African Francs (FCFA) in programs will
promote sustainable land management (SLM) and other
activities to reduce poverty and vulnerability. Overall,
more than 50 programs have promoted SLM in Niger. Despite
large investments in SLM programs, their impacts on land
management, agricultural production, poverty, and other

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