The county of Loga is considered the most underprivileged in the Dosso region and one of the poorest in Niger. A community rehabilitation program, after the food crisis of 2012, ranked the county as the most vulnerable area of all five departments that make up the Dosso region. The annual cereal deficit rate of this area varies between 60% and 90% depending on the year. Agriculture, which is the main activity (accounting for 90% of the population), is subject to several constraints and other natural climatic hazards (low rainfall, parasite pressure, etc.), causing an exodus of the workforce to urban centers, both within Niger and abroad. The literacy rate is low, which constrains the self-management of development activities by the communities. In environmental terms, the commune of Loga remains strongly affected by deforestation and the influence of poor agricultural practices. Water and wind erosion accentuate the degradation of natural resources. This makes Loga one of the areas classified as “high environmental risk areas”. Despite the existence of the Communal Development Plan (CDP), updated in 2012, which benefits the commune, the people have not obtained suitable responses to their concerns. Certain fundamental rights, such as the rights to food, education and health, are not yet fully gained by the population. To address these problems, a project combining several agroecological techniques (Agroforestry, Zai-compost, Halfpipe) was implemented in this area since 2013.

The project is located in the commune of Loga, which covers an area of 1,700 km2 . The commune of Loga has 87,211 inhabitants. This population is composed of people from the Djerma, Peulh, Hausa and Tuareg tribes, distributed across 65 administrative villages and hamlets.