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Table 1 Main features of the study sites

From: Participatory analysis of vulnerability to drought in three agro-pastoral communities in the West African Sahel

Feature

Fakara

Gabi

Zermou

Location

Tillabery region, Western Niger

Maradi region, Central Niger

Zinder region, Eastern Niger

Nearest urban market

Niamey (about 80 km)

Maradi (about 40 km)

Zinder (about 40 km)

Annual precipitation

450 mm (range: 180 to 675)

550 mm (range: 275 to 775)

350 mm (range: 70 to 525)

Dominant ethnic group

Djerma

Hausa

Hausa

Other ethnic group

Fulani

Fulani, Bouzoua

Fulani

Soil fertility (physical and chemical properties)

Poor/average

Good

Poor/average

Major crops

Millet, cowpea

Millet, sorghum, cowpea

Millet, sorghum, cowpea

Degree of crop-livestock integration

Medium

High

Medium

Household size (adult equivalent)

6.48

7.03

5.19

No. of livestock owned (TLU per household)

4.67

2.67

2.89

Education level

 - Illiterate (not able to read or write)

60 %

56 %

32 %

 - Primary school

15 %

17 %

17 %

 - Secondary

0 %

2 %

3 %

 - Koranic education

25 %

25 %

48 %

  1. Sources: Turner and Hiernaux 2002; Hiernaux and Ayantunde 2004; Saqalli 2008; Ayantunde et al. 2011; Saqalli et al. 2011; Saqalli et al. 2013. aBouzous are the descendants of Tuareg slaves and freed during the colonization. They still keep large elements of Tuareg culture and keep mainly livestock