Increasing the Resilience of the Food Systems
In Islamic States in Face of Future Food Crises
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Table 46: Key Food Security Stakeholders
Stakeholder Agro-industry
and Retail
Investment Education/Research NGO/ Special
Interest Groups
Select Key
Entities
Select
companies with
revenues
exceeding CFA
5 billion ($1
million)378
Companies
with estimated
assets
exceeding
$200m379
With 8,000 students
or more380
Groups with over
100,000
beneficiaries381
NIGER-LAIT SA BIA Niger
ECOBANK
Bank of Africa
SONIBANK
Abdou Moumouni
University
Action Against
Hunger
Government Monitoring Activities
Frequently subject todisasters and food crises, Niger has had to equip itselfwith instruments of
preparation. These instruments include the following:
 An information system, monitoring and surveillance of risks and their effects on
livelihoods of populations, especially themost vulnerable groups. This system is a set of
data collection and processing devices distributed within various administrations and
coordinated by the Early Warning System for Crises and Catastrophes in the Office of
the Prime Minister and which have deconcentrated organs, such as Vulnerability
Monitoring Observatories (OSV) and Community Early Warning and Emergency
Response Systems (SCAP-RU). This assessment is coordinated by the Early Warning
System's Coordination Unit. In general, it takes place at the end of September. Data are
collected by members of the early warning system's technical committee. The
harmonized framework or missions to zones at risk (ZAR) are themain tools used. This
type of assessment provides information on the amount of rain received in the various
regions, the food insecurity situation, and agricultural production.
 An emergency response coordination andmonitoring systemprovided by the DNPGCCA
Permanent Secretariat supported by the Food Crisis Unit and the Social Safety Cell, all
of which report to the Prime Minister's Office, as well as frameworks of consultation.
The SP/DNPGCCA act as an interface between the different groups of actors and provide
the communication function for the visibility of efforts in the prevention and
management of disasters and crises.
Mitigation: Contingency Planning
Weak GoN systems for disaster management andmitigation—manywell planned on paper but
underfunded and low in capacity in practice—undermine adaptive capacity and resilience in
378 Visite, hier du Premier ministre à la Société Niger-Lait SA : La PDG élevée au grade d’Officier de l’Ordre National.
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379 Niger – Financial Sector. Retrieved from:
380 Abdou Moumouni University (UAM). Retrieved from:
381 Niger. Retrieved from: