Farming and livestock production in the Sahel : merging the two solutions

French version available in IDRC Digital Library: Fin des deux solitudes de l'élevage et de l'agriculture au SahelArabic version available in IDRC Digital LibraryThe women of Toukounous, a small town 20 km from Niamey, are participating in a new departure from the agricultural history of Niger and the Sahel. Only now is integrated farming and livestock production coming to their region, and it represents an essential step toward raising and sustaining agricultural yields