

ICRISAT and partners has confirmed the importance of both crops and set out the major influences on consumption, demand and associated price and spending elasticities. In Niger and Nigeria, as in most Sahel countries in West and Central Africa (WCA), millet and sorghum are crucial to the diets and livelihood of the rural population. In Niger, consumption of millet and sorghum averaged 144 and 38 kg/ capita/year, respectively, over the last two decades, making these crops key to household food security (FAO, 2015).There was a slight decrease in per capita millet consumption over the last two decades in Niger, which was estimated at 157 kg/year in 1991 compared to 141 kg/year in 2011. Per capita sorghum consumption increased during the same period, reaching its highest in 2010 at about 48 kg/year.