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NIGER is one of the larger Central African countries, with an area of 1.27 million km2 .Land- locked, it consists mainly of a plateau; the Sahara Desert occupies the northern parts and there is savanna in the south where crops such as rice are grown. Eighty percent of the population of 10.4 million is rural, engaged in subsistence agriculture, which makes up 40% of the GDP.
General information
- GNI per capita PPP$, 2000: 740
- Internal renewable water resources: 3.5 km3
- Incoming water flow: 29 km3
- Main food consumed: millet and sorghum, pulses, rice, roots and tubers, oil and fat
- Rice consumption, 1999: 5.8 kg milled rice per person per year
Production constraints
The following are the major constraints to sustainable rice production:
- Heat-induced sterility during the off-season in irrigated areas
- Cold-induced sterility in December
- Shortage of water in the dry season
- Poor maintenance of irrigation facilities
- Inadequate and irregular input supplies: seeds, fertilizer, and credit
- Lack of small farm equipment, especially for postharvest operations
- Lack of effective farmers' organizations and cooperatives
- Competition for labor by other production activities
- Lack of a well-defined rice policy
- Poor road networks and marketing systems
- Weak research and extension support
Production season |
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Planting |
Harvesting |
Deepwater rice |
Jul-Aug |
Dec-Jan |
Other rice,main season |
Jun-Jul |
Oct-Dec |
Basic statistics, Niger |
|
1985 |
1990 |
1995 |
1998 |
1999 |
2000 |
Rice |
Area harvested (ha) |
20,600 |
22,989 |
30,000 |
30,000 |
30,000 |
30,000 |
Yield (t/ha) |
2.8 |
3.1 |
1.7 |
1.8 |
2.4 |
2.4 |
Production (t) |
56,700 |
72,260 |
51,000 |
53,500 |
73,000 |
73,000 |
Rice imports (t) |
73,400 |
28,145 |
40,000 |
95,528 |
17,717 |
na |
Paddy imports (t) |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1,026 |
1,026 |
na |
Rice exports (t) |
0 |
0 |
0 |
266 |
266 |
na |
Paddy exports (t) |
0 |
0 |
0 |
34 |
34 |
na |
Others |
Population, total (x103) |
6,608 |
7,731 |
9,150 |
10,078 |
10,400 |
na |
Population, agriculture (x103) |
5,990 |
6,951 |
8,139 |
8,904 |
9,166 |
na |
Agricultural area (x103 ha) |
12,570 |
14,047 |
16,500 |
17,000 |
na |
na |
Irrigated agricultural area (x103 ha) |
30 |
66 |
66 |
66 |
na |
na |
Total fertilizer consumption (t) |
3,571 |
2,299 |
9,979 |
930 |
na |
na |
Tractors used in agric. (no.) |
150 |
170 |
145 |
130 |
na |
na |
Source: FAOSTAT online database. |
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