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country’s resilience to food crises and increase agricultural, forest, and livestock productivity.
Since then, Niger has invested $508 million 368 in the 3N initiative.
For 2019, the government of Niger has allocated $170 million (CFA 99.51 billion)369 to the
agricultural budget. Additionally, $90million (CFA 52.86 billion) is allocated annually to the 3N
initiative for nutritional and food security.370
In 2016, Niger launched the National Multi-Sectoral Nutrition Security Policy to help reduce
malnutrition through nutrition-based interventions and the National Food and Nutrition Policy
in 2011 to enable adequate nutrition and food access.
The government of Niger is heavily reliant on donor support due to its financial constraints.
Thus far, more than 40 government projects have been run with donor funding, using basket
funds, loans, or grants. The National Program on Drinking Water Provision and Hygiene is the
single largest project, funded by a $1.2 billion371 loan from the African Development Bank.
Niger is also the first African country topass a national law toassist people displaced byweather
shocks (largely droughts and floods) and conflict.372
Understanding the business-enabling ecosystem in Niger
Niger ranks 143rd on the Ease of Doing Business Ranking 2019.373 Despite Niger’s business
reforms—easing of fees for building permits, facilitation of the property registration and
electricity connection procedures374—existing regulations do restrain inclusive growth. Niger
has a strong informal sector that employs 90% of workers across the country. Informal
agriculture contributes between 39.5% and 41.1% of the GDP, while between 23%375 and
29.5%376 comes from informal non-agricultural activities.377
368 Niger. Retrieved from:
369 Budget du Niger 2019 : FCFA 99milliards en faveur de l’agriculture. Retrieved from
12-2018-budget-du-niger-2019-fcfa-99-milliards-en-faveur-de-lagriculture
370 Ibid
371 Feed The Future. (2018).Global Food Security Strategy (GFSS) Niger Country Plan. Retrieved from:
df
372 Niger becomes first African country to introduce law protecting IDPs. Retrieved from:
373 World Bank Group. (2019) Doing Business 2019 – Training for Reform. Retrieved from:
version.pdf
374 Ibid
375 Feed The Future. (2018).Global Food Security Strategy (GFSS) Niger Country Plan. Retrieved from:
df
376 Ibid
377 Ibid