Further I am grateful to
le Ministre du Plan and le Directeur General de l'INRAN in Niger who willingly accepted my plans to do this study.
Agronomist Idrissa Dauda, Directeur du PTV, who supported me in all details and gave all the guidance I needed.
Hamidou, Hadou, Nana, Moassa, Peter and all the others in Projet Tapis Verts for willingly helping me with information, including a special thank to Maidagi who served as my interpreter during the interviews, and whose family can be seen on the former page.
Baso for showing me how to cook fura and beruwa.
Honoré at the dispensary and le Médécin du Centre Medical à Filingué who gave me the possibility to collect all data of weight and age of the children.
My coworkers at the EDEN foundation in Zinder and in Falkenberg who helped me with all the official papers needed to come to Niger, and gave me a nice Christmas abroad.
Finally I would like to thank my supervisor Britta Ogle, who never gave up hope of getting the last printout of this report.