Niger : synthesis of NEPRP findings and recommendations -- an agricultural marketing and agribusiness agenda

The study was conducted under the Agricultural Policy Analysis Project (APAP) at the request of USAID/Niamey. The analysis relies on a review of research documents and interviews with knowledgeable sources in the United States and Niger. The document presents an overview of Niger"s economy and USAID/Niamey"s Economic Policy Reform Program (NEPRP) and reviews studies commissioned by this program. The document also identifies common themes within these studies and synthesizes agricultural marketing and agribusiness constraints and opportunities in Niger. The recommendations emphasize actions that would help Niger"s agribusinesses add significant value to subsectors in which the country has an established or potential comparative advantage, such as onions, cowpeas, meat and livestock, and hides and skins. These actions entail market development initiatives including research, promotion, improved technology, training, credit, and market information. (Author abstract)