Agricultural Sector Risk Assessment in Niger : Moving from Crisis Response to Long-Term Risk Management

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. Agric...

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Main Author:	World Bank
Format:	Other Agricultural Study
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Washington, DC 2013
Subjects:	AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT AGRICULTURAL LAND AGRICULTURAL LAND RESOURCES AGRICULTURAL OUTPUT AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY AGRICULTURAL SECTOR AGRICULTURAL SERVICES AGRICULTURE AGRO-PASTORAL AREAS ANIMAL ANIMAL FEED ANIMAL HEALTH ANIMAL HUSBANDRY ANIMAL HUSBANDRY SYSTEMS ANIMAL SPECIES ANIMALS ANTHRAX ARABLE LAND AVERAGE ANNUAL RAINFALL BREEDING BREEDING GROUNDS CAMELS CASH CROPS CATTLE CATTLE HERD CEREAL CROPS CEREAL PRODUCTION CEREAL VARIETIES CEREALS CHRONIC FOOD INSECURITY CHRONIC POVERTY CLIMATE CHANGE CLIMATIC CONDITIONS CLIMATIC ZONE CLIMATIC ZONES COMMODITY COMMON PROPERTY COMMON PROPERTY RESOURCES COMMUNITY ACTION CONFLICT CONTAGIOUS BOVINE PLEUROPNEUMONIA COOPERATIVES COWPEA HAY COWPEAS CROP LOSSES CROP PESTS CROP PRODUCTION CROP PRODUCTION CYCLE CROP PRODUCTION SYSTEMS CROP VARIETIES CROP YIELD CROP YIELDS CROPPING CROPS CULTIVATION DATES DISEASE OUTBREAKS DISEASE RISK DISEASES DOMESTIC CONSUMPTION DOMESTIC DEMAND DONOR INVESTMENTS DROUGHT DROUGHT MITIGATION DROUGHT RISK DROUGHT TOLERANCE DRY SEASON EGGPLANT EQUIPMENT EXPANSION OF IRRIGATION EXPORT CROPS FALLOWING FAMINE FAO FARM FARM INCOME FARM INCOMES FARM PRODUCTIVITY FARM SIZE FARMER FARMER GROUPS FARMERS FARMING HOUSEHOLDS FARMS FEED FERTILITY MANAGEMENT FERTILIZER FERTILIZER USE FODDER FODDER AVAILABILITY FODDER BANKS FOOD AID FOOD AVAILABILITY FOOD CROP FOOD CROP PRODUCTION FOOD INSECURITY FOOD PRICE FOOD PRICES FOOD PRODUCTION FOOD RELIEF FOOD SECURITY FOOD SUPPLY FORAGE GOATS GRAIN RESERVES GRAZING GRAZING LANDS GROUNDNUT GROUNDNUTS GROUNDWATER HERD COMPOSITION HERD RECONSTITUTION HERD SIZE HERDERS HERDING HERDING GROUPS HERDS HIGH LIVESTOCK DENSITY HIGH POPULATION DENSITY HORTICULTURE HOUSEHOLD FOOD SECURITY HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSEHOLD SIZE HUMAN DEVELOPMENT IMPACT ON POVERTY INCOME GROWTH INCOME-GENERATING ACTIVITIES INCOMES INSURANCE INTEGRATION INTERCROPPING IRRIGATION LACK OF WATER LAND AVAILABILITY LAND RESOURCES LAYERING LIVELIHOOD SECURITY LIVELIHOODS LIVESTOCK LIVESTOCK ASSETS LIVESTOCK DISEASE LIVESTOCK DISEASES LIVESTOCK FARMING LIVESTOCK FARMING SYSTEMS LIVESTOCK FEED LIVESTOCK MANAGEMENT LIVESTOCK MARKETS LIVESTOCK OWNERS LIVESTOCK OWNERSHIP LIVESTOCK POPULATION LIVESTOCK PRICES LIVESTOCK PRODUCTION LIVESTOCK PRODUCTION SYSTEMS LIVESTOCK SECTOR LIVESTOCK SECTORS LIVESTOCK STATISTICS LIVESTOCK SYSTEM LIVESTOCK UNITS MACROECONOMIC SHOCKS MAIZE MAJOR LIVESTOCK DISEASES MALNUTRITION MARKET FAILURES MARKETING MEAT MILLET NATIONAL HERD NATURAL REGENERATION NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT NATURAL RESOURCES NATURAL VEGETATION NUTRITION ONIONS PASTORAL AREAS PASTORAL HOUSEHOLDS PASTORAL ZONE PASTORALISM PASTORALISTS PASTURES PER CAPITA CONSUMPTION PESTS PLANTING POOR POOR POPULATIONS POPULATION GROWTH POULTRY POVERTY ALLEVIATION POVERTY ASSESSMENT POVERTY RATES POVERTY REDUCTION PRICE VOLATILITY PRODUCE PRODUCTION SYSTEM PUBLIC SERVICES REMOTE AREAS RICE PRODUCTION RISK MANAGEMENT RISK REDUCTION RUMINANTS RURAL RURAL AREAS RURAL DEVELOPMENT RURAL HOUSEHOLDS RURAL LIVELIHOODS RURAL MARKETS RURAL POPULATION RURAL SECTOR SAFETY NET PROGRAMS SAFETY NETS SAVINGS SEED SEED MULTIPLICATION SEED SYSTEM SEED VARIETIES SEEDS SESAME SHEEP SINGLE CROP SMALL RUMINANTS SMALL-SCALE FARMERS SMALLHOLDERS SOIL FERTILITY SOIL TYPE SOILS SORGHUM SORGHUM GRAIN SORGHUM PRODUCTION TARGETING TOBACCO TRANSHUMANCE TRANSIENT POOR TROPICAL LIVESTOCK UNIT UNEP UNITED NATIONS ENVIRONMENT PROGRAMME VACCINATION CAMPAIGNS VACCINATION PROGRAMS VACCINES VEGETABLE CROPS VETERINARY VETERINARY SERVICES WATER RESOURCES WATER SHORTAGES WEEDS
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/01/17206281/agricultural-sector-risk-assessment-niger-moving-crisis-response-long-term-risk-management-technical-assistance http://hdl.handle.net/10986/13260

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Summary:	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 over 80 percent of the country's population. The performance of the agricultural sector, however, due to its high exposure to risks, is very volatile. Niger has experienced multiple shocks, largely induced by agricultural risks over the past 30 years, which impose high welfare cost in terms of food availability, food affordability, and malnutrition. It also adversely affects household incomes, performance of the agricultural sector, the government's fiscal balance, and the growth rate of Niger's economy. Niger is a case of living perpetually with risk, thus more emphasis on long-term structural solutions, rather than short-term quick fixes, is required to improve the resilience of the agricultural sector. Designing and implementing a comprehensive agricultural risk management strategy will require sustained and substantial financial investments, shifting the focus from short-term crisis response to long-term risk management, streamlining disparate donor investments and isolated interventions toward the core problem, supporting decentralized community, and farm-level decision making, integrating agricultural risk management into the existing development frameworks, prioritizing agricultural risks into government and donor strategies, and focusing on implementation.

Agricultural Sector Risk Assessment in Niger : Moving from Crisis Response to Long-Term Risk Management

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