Table 1.3: Chamber of Agriculture Service Provider Beneficiaries Training Geographic Area No. Participants Chamber of Agriculture (CRA) Dosso 30 farmers’ associations Initial 2-3 days of training on governance of farmers’ associations with individual follow-up and additional training for a year Dosso 30 farmers’ associations Chamber of Agriculture (CRA) Dosso Young farmers with no or limited schooling 3-4 months of technical training on farm school. Possibly bundled with BDS in near future Dosso 600 youth within next year Table 1.4: Local Non-Profit and Private Sector Service Providers Service Provider Beneficiaries Training Geographic Area No. Participants Centre Incubateur des PME au Niger (CIPMEN) Pre-incubator: young start-up entrepreneurs ~20% women 4 hours/week for 4 months + 3 months of follow, business plans and business skills Niamey About 15 youth/cycle Completed2 cycles Centre Incubateur des PME au Niger (CIPMEN) BEST project: young female entrepreneurs or start-ups 4 hours/week for 4 months +4 months follow up. financial and computer literacy, business skills and business plans Niamey 180 women for initial training. 50 women for the full program Bureau d’Accompagnement des Jeunes Entreprise and ASUSU Young entrepreneurs 6 months + follow-up if business is successful at getting credit from ASUSUfor the period of credit Nationwide 625 young entrepreneurs over the next three years Table 1.5: International Nongovernmental Organizations Providing BDS Service Provider Beneficiaries Training Geographic Area No. Participants Swisscontact FOPROR: SIFA farm school Rural youth age 12-30 with no or limited schooling Daily technical and business training for 4 months+ 4 months of group and individual technical and business follow-up Dosso and Maradi As of October 2015, 320 young women and 363 young men in Dosso SNV PRODEX and REGIS-AG Small agribusinesses 1-5 days of individual service to develop business plan + up to 30 days of continued training and implementation support of funded projects Nationwide Prodex: 200 REGIS-AG: 800 small producers MercyCorps Madara program Rural poor, mostly illiterate milk producers and processors Technical and business development training for 8 months Tillaberi region 535 individuals and collectives, about 50% are women and many are youth
have long-term climate benefits but are currently higher cost for farmers.The future project will need to create demand for these types of technologies through education, demonstration farms, training and incentives.This likely will take time and require a level of promotion to spark interest in investing by potential beneficiaries. Gender and Youth Considerations in Market Definition Targeting women, youth, and other vulnerable populations will require a particular lens for assessing demand, informing eligibility criteria, marketing, and implementing the projects. Upon confirmation of the target communes, and an assessment of the most promising value chains and opportunities within these value chains, information should be collected on where these vulnerable groups predominantly populate these chains. An example with information gathered to date is found in the table below. Table 3.2: Women and Youth Participation In Select Value Chains Chain Input Services Primary Production Aggregation Storage Processing Retail Sales Wholesale Sales Export Onions Bag manufacture Primarily in Tillaberi region. Participates in other regions Drying and preparing powder Some Cowpeas Participation in Tahoua. Women and men produce, but mainly men because there is so little mechanisation Reverse roles for processing - mainly women; men participate when there is need for strength. Value added: 48% youth participation Some Moringa Primary: Women in Dosso started producing and processing 5 years ago. Primary Primary: They produce cakes, biscuits, toffee, jam, and ointments and soaps. They lack machines for processing, but also "pots", the containers in which to sell the production. Primary = Sell retail Interest from buyers in Mauritania to buy 100 litres, at 120,000 cfa/litre Millet /Sorghum Participation in Tahoua Per CARE, women play the markets: during dry periods, can take from greniers; but only after deplete those stocks do they sell their product at higher prices. Some; they need access to moulins for sorghum and cereals Some know to buy in bulk, the sell retail for profit.