LAND ISSUE AROUND THE LANDS RECOVERED IN THE REGION OF TAHOUA IN NIGER

The present reflection analyzes the situation of farmlands and pastoral lands in theregion of Tahoua in Niger in connection with the environmental conditions in acontext marked by considerable regional demographic growth of 4.6% in 2012.These hinder the efforts of the country in the wrestling against food insecurity. Italso analyzes the land stakes in this particular case, the intervention of theprograms of recoveries of lands and the strategies developed by actors to guaranteetheir food security. It results from the synthesis of direct observations and from theinquiries on ground. The investigation realized in 2010 concerned 420 householdsdistributed in twenty selected villages following a reasoned sampling andaccording to demographic weight of eight (8) departments of the region. Theobjective is to measure the impact of the land dynamics in fighting against the foodinsecurity and poverty of women in the region of Tahoua. It emerges from thisstudy that 3% of the households without land; in spite of the average of nine (9)individuals by households, or approximately 2.62 hectares by field. The surfaces offields vary from 0.11 to 17 hectares. Fields are located on trays, in the slum and atthe level of dunes in agricultural zone. We attend an emergence of fields beyondthe north end of the cultures. Most of the forest lands were transformed into areasof pasture, then into fields of culture after the development interventions