The project, based in the Tillaberi and Dosso regions of Western Niger aims to support very poor, rural smallholder farmers in Niger, especially women to sustainably diversify their livelihood strategies and to increase household nutritional security, via the use of Non-timber forest products (NFTPs).This approach has been utilised by TreeAid to establish Village Tree Enterprises (VTE) in West Africa since, 2005 specifically in Burkina Faso and Mali.