CDM_AFRICA

CDM for Sustainable Africa Project

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CDM AFRICA - Mapping CDM Potential

Niger

This is part of the Deliverable D9 - CDM potential atlas for the subregion

CDM Potentials:

Better use of wood resources (improved stoves and efficient charcoal making process)
Landfill gas to energy projects
Energy efficiency improving project (industrial units revamp / technology transfer)

General Information on the Country:

Area: 1.267 million sq km

Land use: arable land: 3.54%          perm. crops: 0.01%             other: 96.45% (2001) 

Climate: desert; mostly hot, dry, dusty; tropical in extreme south 

Natural resources: uranium, coal, iron ore, tin, phosphates, gold, petroleum 

Population: 11,360,538 (July 2004 est.) Population growth rate: 2.67% (2004 est.) 

HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate: 1.2% (2003 est.) 

Administrative divisions: 7 departments (departements, singular - departement) and 1 capital district (capitale district); Agadez, Diffa, Dosso, Maradi, Niamey, Tahoua, Tillaberi, Zinder 

Economy

GDP: purchasing power parity - $9.062 billion (2004 est.) 

GDP - real growth rate: 3.8% (2004 est.) 

GDP - per capita: purchasing power parity - $800 (2004 est.) 

GDP - composition by sector:

agriculture: 39%                industry: 17%                      services: 44% (2001) 

Population below poverty line: 63% (1993 est.) 

Agriculture - products: cowpeas, cotton, peanuts, millet, sorghum, cassava (tapioca), rice; cattle, sheep, goats, camels, donkeys, horses, poultry 

Industries: uranium mining, cement, brick, textiles, food processing, chemicals, slaughterhouses 

Industrial production growth rate: NA (2001 est.) 

Electricity - production: 242 million kWh (2001) 

Electricity - consumption: 325.1 million kWh (2001) 

Electricity - exports: 0 kWh (2001) 

Electricity - imports: 100 million kWh (2001) 

Source: IEA Energy Statistics and The World Fact Book