Niger - Dosso Department Rural Development Support Project (PADER-D)

The Dosso Department Rural Development Support Project (PADER-D) is a synthesis of three (3) initial project fiches relating to the department but presented separately to ADF financing by the Ministry of Planning; these are the following projects: (i) Development of the soils of North Dosso; (ii) Support for the agricultural development of Dosso; (iii) Recovery of soil fertility in North Dosso. The project proposes strong measures to protect the environment and soil fertility, which will be applied on a pilot basis at some 15 sites, as well as actions to intensify crop and animal production in order to contribute to achieving food self-sufficiency, a constant concern of the government. The proposed action programme to achieve these objectives includes interventions in the following areas: protection of natural resources, livestock farming, socio-economic infrastructure, institutional support and agricultural credit. In the northern part of the department, where the problem of degradation of natural resources is acute, the project proposes actions to protect and rehabilitate the land, as well as securing it through agroforestry and various methods of land reclamation involving 8,000 ha of cultivation.