CNFA

Yalwa project niger:project in niger supports usaid's regional resilience in the sahel enhanced (rise) ii objectives by transforming market ecosystems in the maradi, tillabri, and zinder regions. Yalwa will expand and improve market linkages; build individual and institutional capacities; encourage vulnerable populations to buy and consume safe and nutritious foods; and engage processors and traders to profitably meet this demand. Yalwa will train and mentor a cadre of service providers who can provide market actors with high-quality services. New market linkages and better services will increase the organizational, financial, and risk-management capacity of farmer organizations, livestock market management committees, and small and medium-sized enterprises (smes) agrodealers, traders, processors and generate increased sales and incomes along targeted value chains. Through a mix of catalytic grants and private-sector financing, women and young entrepreneurs will bring productivity enhancing innovations and services to market. The yalwa collaborating, learning, and adapting approach will leverage knowledge generated through reviews of performance monitoring data, cost benefit analyses, and other evidence to guide adaptation, simplification, and cost reduction and create an enabling environment for market systems to thrive.