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In Niger, meat is a key export product in the era of the creation of the Continental African Free Trade Area (CAFTA). This represents an opportunity for those involved in…

Faced with the persistent weakness of intra-regional trade in West Africa - which accounts for only around 15% of the value of total trade in the ECOWAS region - regional…

The World Bank-funded Food Systems Resilience Programme (FSRP) has helped the Ministry of Trade and Industry to organise a workshop for the Trade Facilitation Committee (…

As part of a drive to strengthen the resilience of rural communities in the face of growing food challenges, the town of Abeché was the scene of a major agricultural input…

On 7 May 2025, a joint mission from the World Bank and Dutch Cooperation, major financial partners of the Food System Resilience Programme in West Africa (FSRP), made a…

As part of the implementation of sub-component 2.2 of the FSRP "Strengthening regional food security through integrated landscape management (GIP)", the Food System…

From 24 to 26 April 2025, Niamey hosted the annual regional planning meeting for the research activities and projects of the Regional Centre for Livestock Specialisation (…

Work to rehabilitate and modernise the Bama irrigation scheme was officially launched on Friday 11 April 2025. The work is part of the Burkina Faso component of the West…

The West Africa Food System Resilience Programme (FSRP) and Women in Poultry Value Chain (WIPVaC) have teamed up to promote local chicken consumption in Ghana to mark WIPVaC…

Fishing is a major economic activity in Niger, directly or indirectly affecting more than 50,000 people. The country has a wide variety of fish, with more than 112 species…