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Animal husbandry is a major activity in Niger because, on the one hand, it represents the second-largest export sector after uranium (it is ranked above vegetable production) and, on the other, provides the main source of income for a significant proportion of the country's population (23%).
This continues to be one of the principal activities of the country,in spite of enormous losses sustained as a result of the drought. Stock is raised on an extensive scale, the herds being constantly on the move in the Saharan and north Sahelian zones. But in the agricultural Sahelian zone, stockraising is a sedentarized activity.
The main livestock are:cattle,sheep,goats,dromedaries.

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  • Copyright: Alberto Piubello (albertopiubello) Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 347 W: 43 N: 876] (2589)
  • Genre: Lieux
  • Medium: Couleur
  • Date Taken: 2007-09-02
  • Categories: Nature
  • Versions: version originale
  • Date Submitted: 2008-05-07 11:14
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