Caractérisation des chaînes de valeur et des marchés des cultures négligées et sous-utilisées à l’Ouest du Niger: Cas de patate douce, manioc, moringa, gombo, oseille et voandzou

dc.creatorOumarou Haladou, Issoufou
dc.creatorDe Falcis, Eleonora
dc.creatorTietiambou, Fanta Reine Sheirita
dc.creatorGrazioli, Francesca
dc.creatorBorelli, Teresa
dc.creatorNaino Jika, Abdel Kader
dc.creatorOtieno, Gloria
dc.creatorLochetti, Gaia
dc.creatorAcasto, Filippo
dc.creatorGhione, Andrea
dc.creatorPugliese, Patrizia
dc.creatorBteich, Marie-Reine
dc.creatorCallieris, Roberta
dc.creatorCardone, Gianluigi
dc.creatorEl Bilali, Hamid
dc.creatorGonnella, Maria
dc.creatorMoretti, Antonio
dc.creatorCalabrese, Nicola
dc.creatorDan Guimbo, Iro
dc.creatorDambo, Lawali
dc.creatorNanema, Jaques
dc.creatorDiawara, Ali Badara
dc.creatorNouhou, Bassirou
dc.date2024-04-14
dc.date2024-07-31T13:17:53Z
dc.date2024-07-31T13:17:53Z
dc.date.accessioned2026-06-27T13:28:43Z
dc.descriptionIn West Africa, the alarming levels of food and nutrition insecurity compounded by poverty explain the failure of agricultural and food systems. Neglected and underutilized crops represent an opportunity to reverse this trend. This study focused on six crops including tubers, vegetables and legumes: cassava, sweet potato, moringa, Guinea sorrel, okra and bambara groundnut. The objective was to map and study the organization of actors, market characteristics, bottlenecks and opportunities. The methodology was based on Rapid Market Assessment (RMA). Between March and October 2022, interviews were carried out with 608 stakeholders and direct observations made. Data were used in a functional, economic and environmental analysis. Results showed that these crops provided a diversity of products including tubers for sweet potato and cassava, leaves for moringa and Guinea sorrel, fruits for okra and sorrel and seeds for bambara groundnut. Women dominated the production of bambara groundnut, okra and moringa. They monopolized the processing and men monopolized the marketing of all crops. Women's preferences were for moringa, sorrel and sweet potato. The market for these crops is promising due to the growing demand. Producers and processors benefit less in value chains. Taking into account opportunities and constraints, recommendations are proposed to improve the competitiveness and sustainability of these value chains.
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dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/149328
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/60659
dc.languagefr
dc.publisherAfrican Journals Online
dc.rightsOpen Access
dc.sourceOumarou Haladou, I.; De Falcis, E.; Tietiambou, F.R.S.; Grazioli, F.; Borelli, T.; Naino Jika, A.K.; Otieno, G.; Lochetti, G.; Acasto, F.; Ghione, A.; Pugliese, P.; Bteich, M.R.; Callieris, R.; Cardone, G.; El Bilali, H.; Gonnella, M.; Moretti, A.; Calabrese, N.; Dan Guimbo, I.; Dambo, L.; Nanema, J.; Diawara, A.B.; Nouhou, B. (2024) Caractérisation des chaînes de valeur et des marchés des cultures négligées et sous-utilisées à l’Ouest du Niger: Cas de patate douce, manioc, moringa, gombo, oseille et voandzou. International Journal of Biological and Chemical Sciences 18(2): p. 614-632. ISSN: 1997-342X
dc.subjectmarkets
dc.subjectvalue chain analysis
dc.subjectunderutilized species
dc.subjectfood crops
dc.subjectniger
dc.titleCaractérisation des chaînes de valeur et des marchés des cultures négligées et sous-utilisées à l’Ouest du Niger: Cas de patate douce, manioc, moringa, gombo, oseille et voandzou
dc.typeJournal Article

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