TY  - JOUR
TI  - Impacts of national agricultural trade policies on food self-sufficiency: Case of selected products in Niger
AB  - Most of Sub-Saharan African agricultural studies are focused on rainfall variability, low use of technologies andinputs in agriculture to explain the recurrence of food insecurity and famine in these regions. However, agriculturesector relies on other sectors such as trade. So, an evaluation of the efficiency of trade tools on main foodstuffscould very helpful for policymaker in stabilizing their countries agricultural product prices. Additionally, theevaluation of self-sufficiency and import dependency is a significant step in estimating the country resourcescapacity in satisfying its domestic demand especially for main foodstuffs. Hence, this article aims at evaluating theimpacts of National Agricultural Trade Policies on Food Self-Sufficiency of main agricultural foodstuffs (cowpea,maize, millet, and sorghum) in Niger during 1990-2015. The findings revealed that Niger national resources cansatisfy the countrywide demand for the main foodstuffs except for maize. In conclusion Niger policy makersshould review the country agricultural trade policy by applying efficient trade’s tools and measures to stabilize theinter-annual price volatility of main agricultural foodstuffs.
AU  - CEYLAN, R. Figen
AU  - SAYIN, Cengiz
AU  - Abdoul-Azize, Hamidou Taffa
AU  - Yelboga, Nisa
DO  - 10.16882/derim.2019.453759
PY  - 2019
JO  - Derim
VL  - 36
IS  - 1
SN  - 1300-3496
SP  - 46
EP  - 53
DB  - TRDizin
UR  - http://search/yayin/detay/382919
ER  -