Kelakam, Niger

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footnotes = Kelakam is a town in the Diffa Region, Maine-Soroa Department of southeastern Niger.

Location

It lies on the RN1 east-west highway of which runs between Diffa and Niamey, about halfway between the larger towns of Goudoumaria to the west and Maine-Soroa to the southeast. The town lies around 150km west-northwest from the regional capital of Diffa.

Agro-pastoral center

Situated in the Sahel region, the area around Kelakam is used for stock raising (cattle, goats, camels) [ [http://www.karkara.org/sujets/Organisation/Documentation/etudes_realisee/sant%C3%A9_animale.pdf Etude analyse des acquis de la filière santé animale, de l’organisation des éleveurs et de la couverture des besoins en eau de l’arrondissement] ; KARKARA / AFVP, Projet de développement de l’élevage -- Maïné Soroa; 2003] much of which involves seasonal transhumance, and intensive farming of cuvettes -- rocky sinkholes which collect water in an otherwise dry land. Kelakam hosts a Saturday market. [ [http://www.karkara.org/sujets/Organisation/Documentation/etudes_realisee/fili%c3%a9res_agricole_foresti%c3%a8re.pdf Étude sur l'inventaire et la caractérisation pédologique et hydraulique des cuvettes oasiennes dans le département Maïné Soroua] , REDES/ Etude Filières agricoles et forestières / PAGRN; KARKARA project (Niger), April 2004.]

Kelakam is one site of ethnic Fula pastoralist cooperatives formed as part of the UNDP "Nguigmi Peace Project". The project is designed to re-integrate former refugees and combatants from long simmering ethnic conflicts between Fula/Peul herders, and their Diffa Arab and Daza/Tubu neighbors over pasturage, water, and other land use. Peul pastoralists based around the town raise sheep and goats, and produce cheese and other agricultural products. [ [http://www.unv.org/en/what-we-do/countries/niger/doc/repartir-de-zero.html Repartir de zéro - English Summary] , UNV.org/UNDP, 04 December 2002.]

References

* [http://travelingluck.com/Africa/Niger/Diffa/_2442474_K%C3%A9lakam.html#local_map travelingluck.com local map]
* [http://www.fallingrain.com/world/NG/2/Kelakam.html Falling rain .com Kelakam] .