The purpose of this study is to analyze the process of red meat marketing in the urban community of Niamey, through livestock markets and the various meat sales points. The study first affected the staff of the Niamey refrigerated slaughterhouse, the directorate for the promotion of animal sectors and industries, the associations of professionals in the livestock-meat sector and two consumer rights associations. Then traders, intermediaries, wholesale butchers, retail butchers (raw meat, grilled meat and dried meat), restaurateurs and consumers were approached. It made it possible to trace the marketing circuit and identify the different players in the livestock-meat sector, and to understand the process of forming the price of meat. Thus, it appears that the marketing of meat begins from the refrigerated slaughterhouse in Niamey, and ends at the points of sale or markets in the capital, from which consumers come to obtain their supplies. The study also reveals that the practice of butchery is exclusively held by the Hausa ethnic group. The results show a regular frequency in the market of low-income and large households. The income generated from the sale of grilled meat is higher than that of raw meat. The wholesale butcher’s profit is conditioned by the sale of the fifth quarter. At the end of this study, the constraints were identified and appropriate solutions were proposed.

The aim of this study is to map the anthropogenic obstacles that hinder the mobility of giraffes as well as the socio-economic impact that emerges from them. Thus, field visits, coordinate taking (GPS) and structured surveys were conducted using questionnaires and interview guides. The mapping of anthropogenic obstacles in the rural commune of Harikanassou and the rural commune of Kouré showed that the railway, National Road No. 1 and lateritic tracks are the main obstacles that hinder the mobility of giraffes. A survey involved ten (10) villages including 200 people composed of agropastoralists and three (3) interviews with 2 managers and the president of the tourist guides. This survey shows that the giraffe is common throughout the study area (according to 81% of respondents) and they return during the rainy season to the Kouré plateau; and they move up to the Harikanassou area during the rest of the seasons of the year. Significant damage (in fields and on fodder species) is observed at the beginning of the rainy season (according to 72% of respondents in the rural commune of Kouré) and during the cold season (according to 40% of respondents in the rural commune of Harikanassou).

Characterized by the agro pastoralism and pastoralism, breeding is essentially extensive in Niger. However, the pastoral resources are more and more threatened by crops farms. To better securize fodder resources, the Departmental Commission Land of Boboye through its partners has processed to the mapping of these fodder resources. This study was conducted to assess the perception of actors of the rural community of Fabidji on how to secure fodder resources. A number of 76 persons consisted of officials for pastoral resource management and users of fodder resources were investigated. According to the survey results, 75% of the farmers and 63.6% of the livestock breeders asserted that the cartography has made access easier to the pastoral resources. According to farmers (91.3%) and livestock breeders (82.6%), the typology of pastoral resources has been well drawn by the cartography. At the organization level, all the ALHERI members (100%), AREN (100%) and those of the administration (100%), the majority members of FNEN DADO (75%) and the non-affiliates (96%) think that the cartography has permitted to improve the knowledge on pastoral resources. 75% of village leaders declared that the cartography has permitted to preserve of the pastoral resources. For the majority of AREN (85.7%), ALHERI (50%), FNEN DADO (50%), administration (71. 4%) and (92%) of non-affiliates, the cartography has permitted to sort out of conflicts between breeders and agriculturists.