Agriculture in Niger

The agricultural economy is based largely upon internal markets, subsistence agriculture, and the export of raw commodities: food stuffs and cattle to neighbors.[9] Niger's agricultural and livestock sectors are the mainstay of all but 18% of the population.[9] Fourteen percent of Niger's GDP is generated by livestock production (camels, goats, sheep and cattle), said to support 29% of the population. Thus 53% of the population is actively involved in crop production.[9] The 15% of Niger's land that is arable is found mainly along its southern border with Nigeria.
Drought has turned farmland into useless soil. A farmer examines the soil in drought stricken Niger during the 2005 famine.
Nomads leaving for Nigeria with their herds, Dakoro Department, Niger, 2005

In these areas, Pearl millet, sorghum, and cassava are the principal rain-fed subsistence crops. Irrigated rice for internal consumption is grown in parts of the Niger River valley in the west. While expensive, it has, since the devaluation of the CFA franc, sold for below the price of imported rice, encouraging additional production. Cowpeas and onions are grown for commercial export, as are small quantities of garlic, peppers, potatoes, and wheat. Oasis farming in small patches of the north of the country produces onions, dates, and some market vegetables for export.[9]

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