MCC Livestock Activity

On September 13, 2023, MCC's Board of Directors suspended all MCC assistance to Niger, based on the finding that the military's actions against the democratically elected government constitute a pattern of actions inconsistent with the criteria used to determine the eligibility of Niger for assistance, under Section 611(a)(2) of the Millennium Challenge Act of 2003, as amended, and pursuant to MCC's Policy on Suspension and Termination...Niger - Agriculture Project - Livestock Activity: MCC Funding will be used to support pastoralist groups and enhance regional integration by improving livestock health, upgrading water and rangeland resources along major transhumance Livestock Corridors and modernizing local livestock market infrastructure (the Project Regional d'Appui au Pastoralisme au Sahel/Niger or "PRAPS Activity").