Operationalizing partnerships for resilience building in the Niger

The Ministry of Agriculture, the World Food Programme (WFP) and Non-governmental Organizations.

• Divided 19 640 ha of improved farmland and pastureland into plots which were distributed to targeted beneficiaries.
• Provided 19 000 beneficiaries with vouchers allowing for each household to purchase 10 kg of cereal seeds (millet/sorghum) and 5 kg of cowpea in selected input shops.
• Established a revolving mechanism to ensure seed sustainability and availability during the following seasons, and set up a management committee.
• Selected and provided over 5 tonnes of grass seeds and 42 500 seedlings to plant in 750 ha of improved pastureland for fodder production.
• Established small-scale irrigation systems around WFP’s water catchment infrastructures which were used for vegetable production.
• Provided 1 119 beneficiaries with 1 502 kg of vegetable seeds, 50 tonnes of potato cuttings and 20 tonnes of maize to support vegetable production on irrigated lands and food diversification.
• Trained beneficiaries on vegetable and crop production, on organizing farmers’ associations and on food security and nutrition.
• Provided 912 households (of which over 70 percent women) with 3 009 breeding goats that were also vaccinated and dewormed.