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Title: | Government Intervention and the Commercialization of Subsistence Food Crops in Niger |
Author: | Stewart, Bonnie Ann |
Year: | 1987 |
Periodical: | Journal of African Studies (UCLA) |
Volume: | 14 |
Issue: | 4 |
Period: | Winter |
Pages: | 199-206 |
Language: | English |
Geographic term: | Niger |
Subjects: | marketing boards food crops Agriculture, Natural Resources and the Environment Economics and Trade Development and Technology |
Abstract: | This study examines government intervention and the commercialization of millet and sorghum in Niger. Attention is given to the Niger Organization for Food Products (OPVN), established in 1970 as a governmental organization with the responsibility to buy, store, and sell basic food crops such as millet, sorghum, rice, maize and imported wheat flour. Special attention is given to the OPVN's operations in the Province of Zinder, where the commercialization of millet and sorghum is its main aim. The conclusion identifies some major problems the OPVN is confronted with, and suggests some recommendations. Bibliogr. |