Constraints to increased agricultural production in Niger include low and variable rainfall, low water retention and poor soil fertility. Population pressure has shortened the fallow period in most regions. The main research problem in this thesis is to identify the determinants…
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The Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) of the Kyoto Protocol offers developing countries the opportunity to participate in the effort to reduce global greenhouse gas levels while also benefitting from sustainable development opportunities. To date, the majority of CDM investments…
Building on both the current thinking among international development practitioners and the on-going scholarly debate on evaluation capacity development (ECD), this study aims to identify strategies that might help to strengthen national evaluation capacity in a variety of count…
The term "digital divide" refers to the socioeconomic and other disparities between those people who have opportunities and skills enabling them to benefit from digital resources, especially the Internet, and those who do not have these opportunities or skills. For example, due …
My dissertation considers West African Francophone literature in its relationship with local traditional oral literature. This study examines the intertextual dialogue between the Zarma-Songhoï oral narrative, The Epic Of Askia Mohammed, and the modern fictional tale of Toula, b…
This dissertation concerns the analysis of staple food prices and market performance in Niger using remotely sensed vegetation indices in the form of normalized differenced vegetation index (NDVI). By exploiting the link between weather-related vegetation production conditions, …
This dissertation explores the contemporary role of religion in the struggle to end poverty through a comparative theological analysis of two distinct communities engaged in anti-poverty work: the Poverty Initiative, which is based in the US and is influenced primarily by the Ch…
This research is devoted to the management and operation of multi-purpose water resource systems, in particular, with the strategy of water allocations between competing users that should be implemented during periods of low flows. This is a vital area of concern in climatologic…
This study documents and analyzes the different forms and styles of the metal jewelry of the Tuareg of Niger, and examines their meaning, symbolism, use and transformation in Tuareg society. For Tuareg smiths and patrons, jewelry is a critical art form and fully represents their…
The relative ease of cooperation in rural African societies is an open question. Why, when and under what conditions does cooperation arise, and how is it sustained? Through an analysis of women's savings and credit associations created by rural Hausa women, this study ties the …
Maturity is a critical trait for better adaptation and productivity of sorghum (Sorghum bicolor L. Moench) in stress environments where this crop is usually grown. Despite accrued knowledge of how genotypes with different maturity respond to environments, breeding efficiency is …
Dans le cadre de cette thèse, nous avons cherché à répondre à trois questions de recherche en vérifiant une série d'hypothèses établissant des liens entre certaines dimensions de la culture nationale et l'intérêt des gestionnaires pour la richesse média d'une part, et d'autre pa…
This thesis presents the research done within the study of lateritics gravel materials used in construction of roads (case of gravel roads in sahel countries). The main objective of this research is to determine the relationship between the physical and mechanical caracteristics…
Aujourd'hui encore, de nombreux pays en développement connaissent une désillusion en ce qui concerne la valeur économique de l'éducation. La pénurie de main d'œuvre qualifiée, la pauvreté des ménages, les disparités de revenus et le chômage croissant des diplômés persitent toujo…
The purpose of this study was to assess the counseling and guidance needs of middle school students of Niger as perceived by policy makers, administrators, teachers, students, and parents. It also assessed the areas of counseling and guidance that were most beneficial and necess…
For decades after independence many African nations have invested a significant portion of their national budget into education development. Global enrollment rates however, are still low in many Sub-Saharan countries. Moreover, the enrollment rate hides gender disparity and con…
In western Niger soil fertility depletion threatens food production. Cattle management and manure are used to maintain soil fertility. However, cattle population and insufficient feed limit the use of manure for improving soil fertility. The purpose of this research was to asses…
A study of the paralic Agbada lithofacies has been undertaken to re-assess the Neogene palynological stratigraphy and sedimentation history of the eastern Niger Delta. The sediments examined are from five onshore boreholes including the Ama-1, Ibewa-3, Erema-3, Ihugbogo-1 and Yo…
Overvaluation of exchange rate is often mentioned in the literature as a cause of explaining the declining revenue from agricultural exports in Sub-Saharan countries of Africa. This research analyzes how rural producers, the main interest group in Niger responded to change in ex…