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Niger: GIEWS Country Brief: Niger 05-February-2015

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Source: Food and Agriculture Organization
Country: Mali, Niger, Nigeria

FOOD SECURITY SNAPSHOT

  • Preliminary forecast for 2014 harvest points to reduced cereal production

  • Pastures affected by irregular rains

  • Cereal prices stable or declining, reflecting adequate regional supplies

  • Humanitarian assistance continues to be needed including for Nigerian and Malian refugees

A lower 2014 cereal production forecasted due to rainfall deficits

Harvesting of the 2014 cereal crops was completed in December. Several parts of the country witnessed erratic and below-average rains until July that resulted in replanting in some regions. Although precipitation improved significantly from the last dekad of July over the main producing areas, the erratic rains affected coarse grain yields and delayed harvesting activities in several parts of the southern producing regions, notably in Zinder, Diffa and Tillaberi. As a result, a reduced cereal harvest was forecast in 2014, although official production estimates are not yet available. Moreover, the erratic rains caused the depletion of grazing resources and lowered water points’ level in parts of the pastoral zones of the country.

A below average crop was already gathered in 2013. The aggregate cereals production was estimated at some 4.3 million tonnes, about 19 percent lower than the 2012 output and 6 percent below the average of the previous five years. Production of millet, the most important staple crop, dropped by 19 percent compared to 2012.


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