Socio-economic characteristics of agricultural households along the telwa valley in agadez region, Niger

The agricultural sector occupies a preponderant place in the Nigerien economy. It is dominated by the presence of agricultural operations which carry out several activities. The latter make it possible to guarantee market gardening production by households living along the Telwa valley in the Agadez region of Niger. The socio-economic activities of agricultural households are carried out throughout the year; they are based on market gardening which allows them to earn substantial income. The objective of the study aims to characterize, analyze socio-economic activities and highlight the natural resources available to agricultural households along the Telwa valley. Data was collected using questionnaires and a focus group of 8 to 10 people per village (16 villages) from a sample of 400 agricultural households living along this valley. The analysis of the characteristics of agricultural households was carried out using an ascending hierarchical classification, a principal component analysis and the independence test and made it possible to identify 5 groups of economic activities whose activities of group 1 (49. 25%), the activities of group 2 (41. 50%), the activities of group 3 (8%), the activities of group 4 (1%) and the activities of group 5 in a strong minority with0. 25%.