May 15 in Side Event "Building Resilience for the Poor Through Sustainable Land Management". Presented by Ephraim Nkonya, IFPRI and Bokar Moussa, INRAN.

1. ELD in Niger
Bokar Moussa
Ephraim Nkonya

2. The Sun is Rising in Niger
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
35
40
1990 1995 2000 2005 2013
GHI(index),IMR(%)
GHI IMR

3. Why is the sun rising?

4. There is significant improvement in
Government effectiveness
-1.40
-1.20
-1.00
-0.80
-0.60
-0.40
-0.20
0.00
1996 1998 2000 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
Niger, Government Effectiveness Trend
GE Index: -2.5 (weak) to 2.5 (strong)

5. Niger’s investment in natural resource & production increasing
but expenditure on markets is low
Ag expenditure as % of agGDP National Agricultural Investment
(NAI) allocation, % of total NAI
0
2
4
6
8
10
12
14
20032004200520062007200820092010
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
35

6. Niger, Forest Planted Area Increasing
0
20
40
60
80
100
120
140
160
1990 2000 2005 2010
000ha
Planted forest (000ha)
Planted forest (000ha)

7. Comparison of Niger and other
countries
0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14
Niger
Kenya
Nigeria
Uganda
Deforestation rate (%), 2000-10 Deforestation rate (%), 1990-00
% planted forest, 2000-10

8. Cost of land degradation as % of GDP>8%
0.11
2.1
2.71
2.91
Rice Millet Overgrazing Sorghum

9. Challenges
• Decentralization still relatively weak
Source: Nkonya et al 2013

10. GDP consistently growing, but long-
term per capita GDP falling
0
0.5
1
1.5
2
2.5
3
3.5
4
4.5
0
100
200
300
400
500
600
196019621964196619681970197219741976197819801982198419861988199019921994199619982000200220042006200820102012
Per capita GDP GDP constant 2005 US$billion

11. Challenges
• Market connectivity is low
– Logistics performance index of Niger among the
lowest in the world
• Low adoption of agricultural production
technologies
Kenya Niger
% of farmers
ISFM 33.0 0
Manure 68.0 1.0
Fertilizer 36.4 0.1
Improved fallow 4.9 0.6
Rotational grazing 7.5 0.4
Water harvesting 17.2 0.4