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SIG Sahel – ACF
SIG Sahel – ACF

Monitoring and Early Warning System in the Sahel

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Bimonthly bulletin of pastoral surveillance in the Sahel August-September 2023

31/10/202331/10/2023

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Mauritanie

Mauritania Pastoral Surveillance Bulletin – August-September 2023

31/10/202331/10/2023
  • Installation of wintering at agropastoral sites
  • Satisfactory pasture and water resources
  • High concentrations of livestock in strategic pastoral areas
  • Improvement of the animals’ body condition
  • Fall in the price of livestock feed
  • Goat-for-sorghum terms of trade unfavorable for breeders
  • Reporting cattle thefts
  • Suspicion of cases of vitamin deficiency and animal diseases such as foot-and-mouth disease, pasteurellosis, peste de petits ruminants at the sites

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Multi-sectoral surveillance bulletin on the Timbuktu and Taoudénni regions of Mali – July-August-September 2023

27/10/202328/11/2023
  • Poursuite de la campagne agricole 2023-2024
  • Relative calm in phytosanitary conditions in the Timbuktu region
  • Disruption of the supply chain leading to an unusual increase in the price of food and non-food products
  • Lack of rainfall causing losses of sown areas and degeneration of pastures
  • Condition of dewatered pastures rated average to fair in Timbuktu and fair to poor in Taoudénni
  • Relatively calm epizootic situation in both regions
  • Herd body weight considered average to fair in Timbuktu and fair in Taoudénni
  • Animal watering conditions favorable in Timbuktu and passable in Taoudénni
  • Increase observed in the price of rice
  • Population displacement not assessed in the region of Taoudénni and Timbuktu due to insecurity

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Pastoral Monitoring Bulletin for Niger – August-September 2023

26/10/202327/10/2023
  • Good availability of pastoral resources
  • Water resources generally satisfactory with the filling of surface water points  
  • Massive inter-zone movements in search of pastures   
  • Satisfactory condition of the animals
  • Slight decrease in the number of animal thefts
  • Increased insecurity and conflict
  • Fall in prices of goats and sheep 
  • Rise in grain prices
  • Falling terms of trade for male goats for millet still unfavorable for breeders

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Publications

Pastoral monitoring bulletin for the Ferlo agropastoral zone in Senegal – August-September 2023

18/10/202318/10/2023
  • High concentration of livestock in the Louga and Tambacounda regions
  • Return of the transhumants
  • Overall good condition of small and large ruminants
  • Sufficient pasture and water resources
  • Increase in cases of cattle theft
  • Slight drop in livestock and grain prices
  • Terms of trade for male cattle for millet or rice favorable to breeders
  • Isolated cases of suspected diseases (Enterotoxemia, parasitosis, distomatosis)

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Pastoral Surveillance Bulletin for Burkina Faso – August-September 2023

13/10/202313/10/2023
  • End of the rainy season
  • End of the food (agricultural) lean season
  • Good availability of water resources
  • Sufficient to very sufficient availability of pastures
  • Average concentration of livestock with places of high concentration
  • Improvement of the animals’ body condition
  • Goat prices rise
  • Fall in sheep prices
  • Falling prices of cereals and livestock feed
  • Terms of trade slightly unfavorable for breeders
  • Worrying security situation leading to forced displacement of herders

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Biomasse

Sahelian biomass production analysis bulletin at rainy mid-season 2023

22/09/202316/12/2023
  • Rainfall situation ranging from average to good across most of the Sahelian belt
  • Occurrence of rainfall breaks and dry spells observed
  • Biomass production near average levels throughout West Africa and the Sahel
  • Good biomass production in the southern region of Mauritania up to the northern border of Senegal
  • Biomass production ranging from average to above normal in the three-border region, except for the Tillabéri zone in Niger
  • Low to very low biomass production across the entire northern fringe of the Sahel in areas with very low production
  • Irregular growth, early decline, and low to very low biomass production in the Lake Chad region (Chad) and eastern Niger
  • Low biomass production along coastal countries, with some localized good production in Nigeria
  • Favourable end of the rainy season expected across the entire Sahel
  • Probability of limited vulnerability for livestock breeders

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Biomasse

Analysis bulletin of biomass production in the Sahel at mid-season of the 2023 wintering season

22/09/202322/09/2023
  • Situation pluviométrique moyenne à bonne sur la quasi-totalité de la bande sahélienne
  • Rainfall breaks and dry spells observed
  • Biomass production close to average across West Africa and the Sahel
  • Good biomass production in the southern area of ​​Mauritania up to the northern border of Senegal
  • Average to above-normal biomass production in the tri-border region, except for the Tillabéri area in Niger
  • Low to very low biomass production across the entire northern fringe of the Sahel in areas of very low production
  • Irregular growth, early stalling and low to very low biomass production in the Lake region (Chad) and eastern Niger
  • Low biomass production in coastal countries, with good production located in Nigeria.
  • End of rainy season expected to be favorable across the Sahel
  • Likelihood of limited vulnerability for breeders

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Publications

Bimonthly bulletin of pastoral surveillance in the Sahel June-July 2023

28/08/202329/08/2023

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Publications

Pastoral Monitoring Bulletin for Niger – June-July 2023

28/08/202329/08/2023
  • Start of the wintering season
  • Low pasture resources
  • Water resources generally satisfactory with the gradual filling of temporary surface waters   
  • Early arrivals of herds in the northern areas of Maradi coming from the south in search of pasture   
  • Animals’ condition is fair
  • Slight decrease in cases of animal theft and insecurity 
  • Slight drop in goat and sheep prices 
  • Rise in grain prices
  • Terms of trade for grain for goats unfavorable to breeders

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